VR6 - How bad is this?

Was cleaning my engine today and found this:





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Common problem on VR6's that have one I think.

VW want 65 for that and the inlet pipe between the MAF and the throttle body. They don't sell that part alone!!!

Go to a Ford dealer and order that part off a VR6 Galaxy as they list it as a separate item. It costs about 20.

You could find the plain pipe fitted to some VR's in a scrappy I suppose?

 

Cheers so what do i ask for when i go to the ford dealer whats the part called?

 

Can't remember to be honest. I got the parts guy to pull up the Galaxy air intake diagram on his computer and picked it out.

I posted the part numbers on the Corrado forum quite a while back.

The part I got from Ford had a VW part number on it as well as the Ford one, but, VW do not sell it alone.

I will do a search now.

 

Ok, I have checked and here goes.

Ford part number is F7364573. The VW number is 7M0 128 101 but VW will not sell it.

Good luck.
Edited by: stevef

 

Great stuff thanks

 

Do you think it will be alright to drive like this for a day or so?

 

If the engine is in good order then you may get a litte oil coming out but not much. I have seen more than one of these taped together. It should be fine but take it easy to be on the safe side. I used mine while the part arrived.