Air pump- Stay or get shot?

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First step I removed the Intercooler hose and BOV between the IC and turbo, and the hose to the BAC valve (that red one in pic above). Stuff a rag of something in the turbo to stop stuff from falling in.

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Next remove the rubber line that went from the ACV to the airpump (in blue), it attachs to a metal part on the AVC, you can take the metal part off with 2 screws, and just leave the rubber pipe attached to the meta partl. (sorry best pic I had)

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Next there is a rubber hose on the bottom of it. This goes to a muffler that is under the Pass side Headlight. (see bottom)

 

Now with those hoses gone you can start on the ACV. it\'s only 3 nuts, and 2 wire harness clips. but with ABS they are a bitch! With out it, it\'s way to easy...

Off it comes. I just barely managed to slip it out past the ABS. Removing the BAC first would have made it much easier.

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Look more space!

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The 3 vac lines that went to the ACV need to be blocked off.

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If you look closely above, you can also make out my split air pipe block off. I simply put it between the engine and split air pipe. I left the pipe on because it\'s still connected to the cat (Yes I am running a cat with no ACV and air pump!). So this way I block both the engine and the cat with one thing. Less work = good Plus it hides it well incase somebody wants to look...

 

I got the K2RD plate because I liked that it came with new screws, It allows you to remove the huge studs as seen above. However there were pretty hard to get out. All those years of heat really stuck them in good. I finally had to borrow a good pair of vise grips from my neighbor as my old ones were just slipping. Aren\'t neighbors great!

Studs removed, surfaced cleaned, and gasket maker on surface. (Didn\'t have a real gasket for it)

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Block off plate screwed on, you can just barely see it. You will also notice where the vac line goes now. It used to go to a plug on the ACV, but of course that is gone now. I found a capped off nipple right below the BAC valve, so now I use that.

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As mentioned above, one of the hoses goes to a muffler under the pass headlight, well here it is. 2 nuts hold it on.

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You can see the hose in blue, goes from the ACV to the front of the car.

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and under the car to the muffler

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The piping was hard to get out! I undid that side of the plastic underpanel, and took off the plastic part where the brake ducts are, and managed to fight it out after some struggling.

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I was disappointed though it didn\'t weigh too much, I was hoping for some big savings

The air pump and ACV were about 15lbs.

 
Well that was a fun day of work.

[TRex]

Dude, did you do this today?

 If you did, then :god ........ well done son!

 My first T2 I removed the Airpump straight away even without replacing the cats and de-catting.....
 I had no probs at all, next I removed all the emmisions stuff and blanked what needed to be blanked.
 
 With regard to getting a dual pulley for the Alternator.  \'YES\' do get one asap...
  Pip at WGT  has these in stock at I believe £40.oo  or take your chances and get one from this Chap  and take your chances... Grinder got his from him, I order one 4+ weeks ago from him and not seen it yet!

 With regard to an electric fan.......... whhhooo thats a story in it self......
 If I am bored later I will write my thoughts on them!

 rgds

[hawker182]

No no as i had put i pulled it from off the web, tried to link to it but it wouldnt work for some reason so took it upon myself to copy it all in sections as i thought it was pretty invaluable, especially as there seems to be an air of controversy surrounding the subject. Hopefully as more and more people go for a straight through system this will be very helpful. Once i have sourced the parts will be removing mine for sure, will update here once done let you know of any problems i came across. Adam

ps: any more news on those duel alternator pulleys Grinder?