Throttle body hoses

[DSYKES5500 22]

Sorry another question. The small water pipes that go to the throttle body, should water just be able to pass up one side of the upturned "V" and down the other? Does this help warm the intake when the engine has been started?

 

Mine seem to be blocked solid, should I be able to push a pipe cleaner up one end and out the other?

 

On the picture I've cleaned one side up to show how bad they were. 

 

Thanks! Again!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

It is supposed to stop the intake icing. To be honest not really needed in the uk climate, you can leave them off and many folk have over the years. Simply pipe from the thermostat housing connection straight to the header tank. As you say there should be a passage for coolant to flow through.

[DSYKES5500 22]

Many thanks again Tom.  When I go to do one simple job I end up finding another!  This modern day GTI ownership is a lot different from my first one where I filled it up with Petrol and the Peugeot dealership changed the fluids now and then

 

All good fun though and I've learned TONS since I bought it.

 

When it's up and running I'll try and get it to a meet or two.