Brad's Seat leon TDI project, end of an era!!

jonjay

50 Years of 911
Jun 27, 2005
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Its very slight weep and apparently even common on the standard ones. If you could let me know exactly which ones I can pop to b&q and get some. :)
 

brad1

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Its very slight weep and apparently even common on the standard ones. If you could let me know exactly which ones I can pop to b&q and get some. :)

There should only be one sort of packet for them mate, you should be able to tell which one by eye, i think the packets were around £1.60 if thats any help :)
 

trebormint

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Sep 17, 2008
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I got given two connectors, one for either end of the pipe, if you get the sfs pipe with two connectors it will connect straight to your original pancake no problem, I only used one connector as the 1.8t pancake pipe doesn't have a silly connector so it fits perfectly over :) hope that helps mate

WHat diameter of hose to you need to fit over the intercooler end of the 1.8T pancake pipe?
 

trebormint

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Sep 17, 2008
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Well after being on holiday for a week ive been thinking about the problems maz had with swelling of the boost pipes and i was thinking maybe my ths169 boost pipe may have swelled under boost and been rubbing. How right i was, it wasnt major, just tiny marks but it goes to show you that the pipes swell alot as i made sure my pipe was away, atleast a good inch or so from anything with a pointy edge. So today i got some metal pipe and done the same thing as Jonjay has got and what chrisgtl is also doing. Heres a few pics :) Also got another job for D.K [B)]

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Only problem is the belt, the standard plastic pipe is so close to it, but i managed to avoid it with alot of room to spare :)
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So the SFS all silicone pipe causes problems???

What size diameter and lengths have you used for the alloy pipes and silicone bends? Think I might have a go making one up instead of the SFS pipe.
 

brad1

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The diameter of the sfs turbo red pipe is 50mm, and the pancake end it slides over is 50mm so you get a good fit, then the other end is 60mm ;)

The full sfs THS169 actually swelled so much under boost, so much that is rubbed on the belt and scored a little hole in it, then found it when i was driving home from work one night, booted it and loud hissing, so next day i cut the straights out and used 60mm pipe. To make this pipe yourself, you will need a metre of 60mm ally pipe, two 90degrees silicone bends and one 45degrees bend, hope that helps mate. Top pipe is made up of 60mm pipe work ;)
 

trebormint

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The diameter of the sfs turbo red pipe is 50mm, and the pancake end it slides over is 50mm so you get a good fit, then the other end is 60mm ;)

The full sfs THS169 actually swelled so much under boost, so much that is rubbed on the belt and scored a little hole in it, then found it when i was driving home from work one night, booted it and loud hissing, so next day i cut the straights out and used 60mm pipe. To make this pipe yourself, you will need a metre of 60mm ally pipe, two 90degrees silicone bends and one 45degrees bend, hope that helps mate. Top pipe is made up of 60mm pipe work ;)

Thanks for that.

So do I need 60mm OD or ID! I need it to fit over an EGR delete pipe too - which is 57mm OD or ID??? so i need 60mm OD or ID hose??? Now I'm confusing myself! :confused:

I think SFS sell the connectors separately, as I will need two of these to fit to the intercooler. I think these are 60mm too???
 

brad1

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Thanks for that.

So do I need 60mm OD or ID! I need it to fit over an EGR delete pipe too - which is 57mm OD or ID??? so i need 60mm OD or ID hose??? Now I'm confusing myself! :confused:

I think SFS sell the connectors separately, as I will need two of these to fit to the intercooler. I think these are 60mm too???

On my 110, i didnt have none of these cr@ppy connectors mate, but i beleive its a 60mm connector to the intercooler. Also its 60mm ID which ive got :)
 

trebormint

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On my 110, i didnt have none of these cr@ppy connectors mate, but i beleive its a 60mm connector to the intercooler. Also its 60mm ID which ive got :)

Cheers :)

So 60mm ID for the silicone hoses and 60mm OD for alloy pipes. :)

I used to have a 110tdi and was great not having these stupid connectors I now have to put up with!
 

brad1

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Brad1 just had a read through you WIP.........very nice indeed. Good skills :)

Cheers mate, saw your car too on sunday, still looking good as ever from the jonjay detail :p and engine bay is looking top too. Nice results aswell :)
 

brad1

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Very nice Brad, good luck with the cooler.

The lad in the Ibiza amuses me....I used to have a heavily modified mk2 ibiza and also a mk5 GT TDI golf........The dirty diesel would eat it alive :D

Cheers :) i hope the cooler goes well to

I dont listen to people chispadete, just doesnt know anything and only here to cause arguments which he wont get ;)
 

brad1

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Just a small update, today i fitted new front pads, repainted the calipers and also had my new Falkens fitted :D

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