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On a scale of 1-10: DIY PITA rating on replacing waste-gate lines.

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Old 07-09-2008, 01:49 PM
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Default On a scale of 1-10: DIY PITA rating on replacing waste-gate lines.
Mine are cooked...literally.
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Old 07-09-2008, 01:52 PM
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Default With the motor in the car, its extremely difficult.
The difficult part is, once you access the line, removing the factory fitting on the end of the hardline. It is MUCH easier to run a new line from the N75 "Y" straight to the wastegate actuator. Get some good quality line and route it wisely (away from hot components).

The next time your motor comes out, you can replace those temporary solutions.
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About a 9 or 10 with the engine in- about a 2 with it out.
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Default 12. I tried the driver side for hours and simply couldn't do it... Had to do bandaid it with a new
line running around the back.
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It was such a great well thought out design that a $2 part costs over $2000 to fix
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Default Do what Josh suggests and bypass the hard/factory line. You can fix it
correctly if you ever pull the engine.
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it RARELY goes bad ..it's usually bc of bad prev installs (factory included too)
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