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GTI Master
- Location
- SF Bay Area, CA
The TSB pics arent even that good, and i couldnt find many write ups with pics.
First, I removed this really long plastic plate under the car. like 4 feet long. 8 nuts total. The nuts dont come off, they just loosen, and stay in the plate. You also have a mini-plate near the front of that panel you remove first, which has mini torx screws.
Then when you remove that big panel, you see the fuel lines running in the frame rail underneath.
So this pic is left to right, back of car towards front. Just to the left of my pic at those lines is the fuel filter. So the lines go up towards engine, and then into that metal tunnel you see. The first possible noise point I saw was the lines tapping up against the metal they were resting on. so I inserted some bubble wrap there for a buffer, taped it down. I wish i had foam, but i made do.
Then if you follow that tunnel up towards the engine, there is a oval hole where you can see up into it. THIS is the proper fix area. The fuel lines are loose from that oval hole up to the engine, and they slap on the frame rail the whole way up. (Hence the sound is heard behind the glove box).
Since I didnt have foam, I again used bubble wrap for now, really tight in there. Not gonna fall out, but i can get it out if needed. You just shove something soft up in hole as tight as you can. Use a one piece buffer so you can take it back out someday. Don't stuff styrafoam peanuts in there!
This fix solved my rattle on my 2006 GTI. It again solved my rattle on my 2008 GTI a couple years later.
First, I removed this really long plastic plate under the car. like 4 feet long. 8 nuts total. The nuts dont come off, they just loosen, and stay in the plate. You also have a mini-plate near the front of that panel you remove first, which has mini torx screws.
Then when you remove that big panel, you see the fuel lines running in the frame rail underneath.
So this pic is left to right, back of car towards front. Just to the left of my pic at those lines is the fuel filter. So the lines go up towards engine, and then into that metal tunnel you see. The first possible noise point I saw was the lines tapping up against the metal they were resting on. so I inserted some bubble wrap there for a buffer, taped it down. I wish i had foam, but i made do.
Then if you follow that tunnel up towards the engine, there is a oval hole where you can see up into it. THIS is the proper fix area. The fuel lines are loose from that oval hole up to the engine, and they slap on the frame rail the whole way up. (Hence the sound is heard behind the glove box).
Since I didnt have foam, I again used bubble wrap for now, really tight in there. Not gonna fall out, but i can get it out if needed. You just shove something soft up in hole as tight as you can. Use a one piece buffer so you can take it back out someday. Don't stuff styrafoam peanuts in there!
This fix solved my rattle on my 2006 GTI. It again solved my rattle on my 2008 GTI a couple years later.
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