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Originally Posted by spannerrash

It looks like I may have dodged a bullet there.

Go buy a lottery ticket.

Originally Posted by spannerrash

It's clearly a piece of the variable inlet runner and even though the manifold looks like it should split I doubt very much it's going to want to. Even if I could split it would I be able to get parts?

There are posts on the Internet of people separating them (I think they're held together with some form of glue) and removing the internal mechanism completely when this starts to happen, but not replacing the parts as the internals are not listed separately.

Originally Posted by spannerrash

she just keeps constantly kicking me in the nuts.

Tell me about it. When I had mine apart last year, I decided to replace most of the sensors and windscreen washer motor, as it seemed like a good idea. Less than a year later, and the motor has failed and so has the oil sensor. Bumper off plus other bits job, and the weathers lousy!

Originally Posted by spannerrash

Also, if I want to go brand new it looks like 077-133-185-CA is the replacement. Can anyone confirm this for me please.

For the AQH, AVP, BCS and AYS engine codes, 077133185CA is the most recent version (2015). If you can find old 'new' parts, others to consider end in AT, BJ, BM or BT, as they are all the predecessors.