it’s so much more satisfying to look at 
them are the clips I used they nicked the hose and they were not all that tight, we’re did you get the foam from?
Scariest thing starting the car up after changing this.
Decided to loop the hose round to avoid any kinks rather than try to shape it into the 's' it was originally, but it all seems to work fine with no leaks and the engine actually seems to run smoother too - but that might just be in my head. Revved it hard - sorry neighbours - and nothing came squirting out, so I think that's OK. Will be keeping a really close eye on it on the first drive.
Was going to do the return line that comes from the fuel temperature sensor to the hard lines, but a closer look suggests it's not a normal spring clip but one I'd probably have to pry apart.
Decided to quit while I was ahead. Will probably do the filter to fuel line hoses tomorrow as they're looking properly perished, but they don't seem to be leaking.
Engine cover material arrived today too, so will have a beer while trying to cut out the holes for the oil filler cap and the rubber mounting bungs.
Maybe that's something to do after the beer actually...
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probably cheap i tried a couple clips, will have a look at that , when i use to go to vita foam there was nothing suitable and there was a lot of different foams,I wanted to get some Murray clamps as they're supposed to be 'non-marring', but they don't have stuff like that at Halfords, so just got the fuel clamps they had. No issues so far, but I did notice that I can still twist the hose, but that might be because there's diesel on the pipe though. It'll be straightforward enough to get some and change it over. The old hose clips wouldn't really go over the new hose, or if they did, they wouldn't go over the knurled end of the pipe, depending on how I played it. In hindsight I might be able to get them on if I'm creative.
The engine cover material I got from a company on eBay called Car Insulation. It's 'GlassMAT' engine insulation and cost £15.99 for what will probably do the job twice.
Looks like this:
The old stuff I had was really think and was probably the reason my hoses were leaking anyway - you can see the imprint of the fuel lines in the material and the diesel so it was obviously putting pressure on the hoses.
I've had the engine cover off for the past week while I was waiting to get the new material, so with the new material and the new hose, I'm hoping that's my problem solved - and maybe it might help with the stuttering too.
If I can change the other fuel hoses, I'll probably put all this in as well...
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Add the forte. And drive it like you stole it as fast and for as long as possible.
How did you clean the cat?
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Looks good just hope the adhesive is good as they say, cat? Ones Cat was removed when ones turbo was replaced due too thrust bearing,better in third now than second as a st220 found out today lol
I'm a bit of a perfectionist but I have to remind myself with stuff like this that it doesn't have to be perfect - it just has to work.
I think the Forté stuff is still trade only - it's what it says on the bottle - but you can get it pretty easily on eBay.
How did you clean the cat? I'm guessing mine is pretty clogged by now and that's bound to affect the emissions, so that'll have to go on my list.
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Or read it on Facebook as there is allot of experts on there , true story lol
It’s when them foam is all crumby it’s A proper mess,
Nothing from China lasts for ever.
I've got sp90 as well but only use it on say rubber/plastics ect like window regulator when i did locks and inside of the handles also good for refitting them breather pipes back on egr ect you can even use it on the dash lol, if you want a good allrounder Get AC90 its allot better than WD40, you know the same person who bought WD40 in the country back in 70s started Action can, tried most of there products the ZG90 zinc spray is class on bare metal
