CBFA vs CCTA differences - need pics (not what you think)

[ruanj0302]

tonight I removed the 'Solenoid Secondary Air Valve'

why you removed it? is it better for the engine??

 

[Ian/XEms]

I can hopefully answer. Dave is making his engine bay as clean as possible, removing anything un-necessary like the SAI. We did mine this morning and with those 2 extra pipes out it looks much better(our XE car has the BSH intake and I don't have a breather filter for that secondary intake, it just looked lame with a pipe that connected to nothing floating in the engine bay). Also, I think i found a way to get the air pump out without removing the bumper, I just need to put the car up and take off the plastic shield underneath and I should be able to get to it.
As for the CEL, I drove ~50 miles and didn't get a CEL, then later I got in my car and had a CEL, so I'm going to figure that out.

 

[zanyrsc]

yeah. i dont see why you would do that for. well yes if you looking for a cleaner engine by.but def will turn the check engine light on.

 

[Ian/XEms]

Eh, I'm not worried about it. Gonna check the code with VAG-com and probably just clear it because the car hasn't changed one bit for either of us.

 

[Bender1]

any positive performance impact?

 

[Ian/XEms]

Unfortunately no positive performance impacts.