Split pipe, Help Please

[Empi5]

Noticed quite an oily residue on the charge pipe, after closer inspection, noticed the smaller pipe on the picture was split almost in half.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a replacement. Thanks.

 

[PhilW]

Cant you undo it and push it on again?

 

[CUPRACAR]

Noticed quite an oily residue on the charge pipe, after closer inspection, noticed the smaller pipe on the picture was split almost in half.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a replacement. Thanks.

Phil speak to Hairy, he had a similar problem recently. Dealer wanted £250 for a new pipe, he got 3mts of hose from Forge £20 iirc. We were talking on this very topic on Sunday at Brands.

 

[Empi5]

Keith,

I remember him saying, not sure if it was the same pipe but the theory is the same.

Phil, cant push it back on, what you cant see is the 2 inch split on the other side which runs parallel with the pipe. !

 

[G2232]

i would just go to siliconhose.com / forge or sfs and get a length of hosing

 

[CUPRACAR]

i would just go to siliconhose.com / forge or sfs and get a length of hosing

AS post # 3

 

[Hairy]

I remember him saying, not sure if it was the same pipe but the theory is the same.

No, mine was this one...

But I still have 2.75m of black 6mm internal diameter silicon vacuum hose, so if a bit of that can help just let me know.

 

[Empi5]

Phil speak to Hairy, he had a similar problem recently. Dealer wanted £250 for a new pipe, he got 3mts of hose from Forge £20 iirc. We were talking on this very topic on Sunday at Brands.

Ok, so this is where i show my mechanical ignorance,

1. What does this pipe do
2. Why is it shaped like it is, ie with a kink in it etc.

 

[richybigman]

I've replaced mine with some vacuum hose off ebay. Was cheap and does the job with the added bonus of more blue in my engine bay.

 

[sportbilly]

I had this go on mine, as a temp fix I used some fuel line and ordered the new part from SEAT, dont think it was that expensive but does come with the bigger one which goes to the DV. They are wrapped together so come as one.

You must have been loosing some pressure, I could hear mine when it split.

 

[G2232]

soory to hijack this thread but does anyone know if the boost pipe that this hose conects to is EXactly the same on a TT as it is on a LCR.
Hopefully this wont clog up this thread but i didn't see the point in starting a seperate thread

 

[Empi5]

soory to hijack this thread but does anyone know if the boost pipe that this hose conects to is EXactly the same on a TT as it is on a LCR.
Hopefully this wont clog up this thread but i didn't see the point in starting a seperate thread

I beleive it is mate, the person who i bought this charge pipe from was also selling them to the TT boys, so assume its an identical pipe.

 

[G2232]

cheers mate thought it was but just thought i would check, trying to get hold of one to get polished

 

[Feel]

Yep, the charge pipe is exactly the same.

Phil - I've seen a few go like that, from memory the dealer wants £44 as it comes in a set (as sortbilly said). You'll deffo be loosing boost. I had wondered if it was to do with cheap hose clips and overtightening, so I'm sorry if that's my fault, but I can vouch for the clips and I'm fairly sure I didn't overtighten. Plus, looking at your picture, the radial split in the hose isn't in line with the edge of the hose clamp

Edit: Mine you, didn't you say that the dealer had your original charge pipe off for some reason?

Sie and I got some forge hose when ours went - much better although it can be difficult to get it to bend around the mounting for the engine cover. I think I still have some if you fancy a trip over (although I'm away from tomorrow morning).

Another temp fix is some LPG pipe from B&Q which is the correct size.

 

[richybigman]

The dealers are useless when it comes to tightening up hoses, i had my car in for some work to do with the turbo coolant hose and when i got it back i found that they had tightened up the TIP hose so much it did pretty much the same as described by Empi5.

 

[DPJ]

Ok, so this is where i show my mechanical ignorance,

1. What does this pipe do
2. Why is it shaped like it is, ie with a kink in it etc.

1) It's the hose to your N75 Phil. Get a silicon asap, your wastegate won't be working properly.
2) on the LC, it's to keep the pipe away from the manifold heat. Perhaps they just used the LC pipe on the LCR as there was no point in making a variation.

 

[Empi5]

Cheers Dave,

Ive just had another go at it, and there is quite a bit of excess pipe, so ive just cut off the split bit and re attached it, Im quite chuffed with myself actually. !

 

[DPJ]

Cheers Dave,

Ive just had another go at it, and there is quite a bit of excess pipe, so ive just cut off the split bit and re attached it, Im quite chuffed with myself actually. !

(and glad you got it on)

Did you get your hands dirty then Phil?

 

[Empi5]

(and glad you got it on)

Did you get your hands dirty then Phil?

Yes i did, im going to keep the oil on to remind me about manual labour..... ( reaches for the moisturiser really )

 

[DPJ]

Yes i did, im going to keep the oil on to remind me about manual labour..... ( reaches for the moisturiser really )

Do you want a pair of latex gloves sending, just in case you ever exercise your mechanical skills again?