John, Thanks for the response. Ben Randolph also responded and clued me in. I have the parts on order and will install them as soon as I get them.
Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]> To: "coolvdub" <[email protected]> Cc: "16v mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:37 PM Subject: Re: 16v head ??? > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, coolvdub wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > I just got my 2.0 running and when I rap the throttle there is a vibration > > type noise. For those in the know are the cylinder head to intake plenum > > braces necessary? I don't have them but if that is the source of the noise I > > will get them installed, I don't want to break anything unnecessarily. > > > > TIA > > Don > > > > Yes, they are necessary!! Parts like this should not be left out even if > it appears that everything is supported well. The engineers at VW put 2 > brackets there for a reason, and leaving them off won't save you anything. > Leaving off parts that seem to be reduntant will probably cause stuff to > break later on down the line. > > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
