Have done the job, see TDIs for my report on how blocked the inlet manifold was. Special tools a 15mm split spanner of the kind that you would use for injector pipes. A good selection of star and allen bits and allen keys (long handle) No gaskets needed, the originals were all as new. (btw this is a good time to mount a blanking plate for the hated EGR, (it shocks me that any competent angineer could actually design such a thing, it is just bad science!!) (Just invent a gun that will kill all the tree huggers - better science) After the manifold is off, you can easily see the pipe in question. I could not separate the two parts on the car and had to take off the whole pipe and put it in a vice. This was because someone had tried to fix the leak before, by tightening the thing down hard. (so hard that the olive was jammed into the connector) Ideally a complete replacement pipe and connector and oil seal was called for, I suggest that the initial reason for the
problem may be that the pipe has to be bent a little to position it correctly for final tightening, if this is not done (only an owner would do it) then the pipe wil eventually start to leak as mine had. I used a judicious amount of Blue Hylomar on all threads and so far the slight smellof burning oil that I used to get on start up as the oil drips on the turbo housing burned off, has gone, All that is left now is to again clean the undertray, driveshaft and back of the engine under the turbo. I will keep you posted (if it hasn,t worked it will be time for a new pipe and connector(my dealers seat and VW did not have in stock (in fact at VW the connectore was a back order item not expected in for a month.) DO read my post in TDIs about the inlet manifold being well and truly blocked.
