MQB Intake Manifold Swap - Preparing for MPI Installation

In this video, I am covering my swap of the factory North American version of the intake manifold for an International version which was provisioned for MPI (multiport injection). I could have modified my factory manifold, but I decided to just swap it out. The removal and installation was pretty easy, but I did not have the front bracket that may make it more difficult. Anyway, the trick I found to getting the manifold in and out easily was to remove the oil filter. That gave just enough room to ease the manifold out. If I didn’t do that, it looks like I would have had to loosen or remove the hard fuel line that feeds the direction injection fuel injectors from the HPFP (high pressure fuel pump).

If you need any torque values or have any questions, please just let me know in the comments and I’ll do my best to help you out.