Stroud
Registered User
New here, a few months back i got my 2003 A4 estate v6 2.5tdi quattro and enjoy it a lot. I used to have a 1.9tdi estate of the same year till it died, so this seemed a 'sensible' replacement.
Back to the point at hand
The passenger side intercooler has had the plastic pop off the bottom and as such needs replacing, im reluctant to do a like for like replacement just for the same to happen down the line.
The drivers side intercooler is all alloy, is this standard or was the replaced before my ownership? If it has been replaced is there a likely model Audi it came from so i could get the same for the passenger side? Or any all alloy for the passenger side?
Failing that i was thinking of getting rid of both and replacing with a front mounted intercooler (with a link i could not post)
I'm not a mechanic but i'm OK with my tools, replacing the standard intercooler is easy, what i want to know is if there is something that has been tried and tested that will pretty much bolt straight on (minus a bit of cutting to the bumper)? Want to know if there is something my non mechanic mind hasn't thought of.
Also anything worth doing while bumper is off and doing this?
Any recommendations are welcome.
Thank you
(Image will be fairly useless if it works, just trying to get to grips with the forum)