POP!! yet again

[villain24]

The bloody pipe has come off. Its the junction in front of the headlight on the left hand side. Anyone else had this problem. rung seat but they said two weeks!! i just bought a metal clip from halfords but the widthof the pipe is too thick. I had this done a month ago at the place i bought it from but looks like they have a done it cowboy. any suggestions please. its the intercooler pipe. really getting fed up with this motor

 

[CHR15B]

What "bloody pipe"?

 

[rashcupra]

you need to get some better jubalie style clips to hold it better!

 

[villain24]

theyre not

jubilee clips, there just metal spring clips and what happens by the looks of things is that the metal clip has worn the aluminium nipples on the flange as the car accelerates. i've managed to use an exaust clamp lol which has squezed the pipe a little but will hold it for 2 weeks before i get the part. By the way rash sorry if you meant that i put some jubilee clips on it. It's a bad design in my opinion.

 

[rashcupra]

there a few diffrent style jubilee clips the standard 1 ring with phillips screw and also you get the super jubilee clips which have double layered rings and a bolt every1 has the boost hoses pop off comes with the car

 

[villain24]

god

i find that really annoying thats the case then. Does the 1.8T suffer also?

 

[rashcupra]

not as much but my intercooler pipe has popped off once but i removed all the pipes cleaned and dried then and tightened them up torque setting FT no problems yet

 

[gregwilko]

i had this a few weeks ago. Seat wanted £76 + Vat for the little 90 degree metal pipe that has the flanges on it. there was absolutely NO WAY i'd be giving them that kinda money, so...

I just used a meaty jubilee clip expectin it to be a temporary measure, but i've been flat out for the last 2 weeks A/B roads and it's held up no bother.

Hope that helps. Mine's a remapped 130 sport.

 

[rashcupra]

could try and squeeze two jubilee clips on there is this why uve had enough then villain24

 

[Johnsey]

The bit of pipe by the headlight is £20 from any dealer, buy it and fit it yourself in a few minutes. Mine blew off in January (on my birthday), a local garage jubilee clipped the pipe in place whilst the part was ordered. When it was delivered i went to pick it up and they said they'd fit it for free too so i gave him a few beer tokens for his 2 minutes work

 

[Nath.]

quite a common fault IIRC

 

[villain24]

Johnsey

thats the one i've had to order, yeah £20. Yeah il just fit it myself, how likely is that going to stay on tho. When mine popped off when i was driving, plumes of smoke came out the back, y is that?? by the way to everyone thanks for the replies. regards Rob

 

[Johnsey]

thats the one i've had to order, yeah £20. Yeah il just fit it myself, how likely is that going to stay on tho. When mine popped off when i was driving, plumes of smoke came out the back, y is that?? by the way to everyone thanks for the replies. regards Rob

Well my original pipe stayed in place for 90+k miles, hopefully this one will do the same.
The smoke is a result of the fuel not burning correctly because of the pipe not being connected that's all mate.