MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: spwd on December 14, 2016, 10:17:36 pm

Title: Quick one.
Post by: spwd on December 14, 2016, 10:17:36 pm
Doing my cam follower in the next couple of days, do I need to disconnect the battery, just want confirmation cheers :happy2:
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: bacillus on December 14, 2016, 10:27:16 pm
No...
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Post by: ducman77 on December 14, 2016, 10:36:52 pm
No need mate :happy2:
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Post by: spwd on December 14, 2016, 10:38:35 pm
Cheers guys
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Post by: Mackaa-123 on December 14, 2016, 10:42:45 pm
No, but just make sure you keep a cloth around it as mine shot fuel out everywhere
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: c4pete on December 15, 2016, 09:15:21 am
Just be aware that if you need to move (push) the car before you've finished, opening the drivers door runs the main fuel pump for a second!  (I found this out when I dropped/lost the banjo bolt and had to push the car out of the way to get my other car out)
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: mikezs on December 15, 2016, 09:50:57 am
No, but just make sure you keep a cloth around it as mine shot fuel out everywhere

Maybe wear goggles too; Watched my mate spray hot fuel into his eyes when doing his
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: spwd on December 15, 2016, 10:36:47 am
No, but just make sure you keep a cloth around it as mine shot fuel out everywhere

Maybe wear goggles too; Watched my mate spray hot fuel into his eyes when doing his

Ouch!
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: pudding on December 15, 2016, 10:48:31 am
Really?  Never had that with mine.   I just relieve the pressure with the Schrader valve, then very very slowly undo the banjo until the pressure all hisses away.  Sorted.  Never get more than a dribble onto a cloth.  Still, the car is 10 years old now, and old age affects the way it all spurts out I guess  :grin:
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Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 15, 2016, 01:26:40 pm
If you dont disconnect your battery then do not open your drivers door as it primes the fuel system
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Post by: r5gtt on December 15, 2016, 01:32:20 pm
You may have the strader valve on yours so release all the excess from that before starting and do not smoke !!!
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: spwd on December 15, 2016, 02:51:05 pm
Yeah just checked and I've got the schraeder valve, wish I hadn't got the banjo bolt though, hopefully I can get in with a 3/8 drive socket and some bodging, are they normally stupidly tight or ?
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Post by: Octoparrot on December 15, 2016, 03:16:49 pm
Not usually excessively tight, just make sure you've got the triple square bit firmly located in the bolt before you start trying to undo it as the head is quite shallow. When reinstalling be careful not to cross thread it as the thread is quite fine.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Quick one.
Post by: spwd on December 15, 2016, 04:07:19 pm
Cheers Octo, I've got a new bolt just in case  :happy2: