Chaps,
Myself and "Feel" have had a problem, both at about 60k miles where the main Turbo outlet pipe has failed.
In my case little boost pressure was lost but I got a strong smell of oil when stopping and idleing.
It was irregular enough for me to always assume It was coming from the car in front and vapour enough to assume it was a normal smell in a car park.
It was after I noticed Oil Vapour in my engine bay I thought I had blown a Turbo seal or something!
Turns out it was the one main pipe never catered for aftermarket because the supplied pipe is silicone and around £80 from Audi.
Well I spoke to Forge at Xmas and they have been working on an upgrade to provide a stronger more resilient pipe, FEEL provided them with a hose to template from.
The new hose is made of "Flourosilicone" which it needs to be to be resilient to oil and has a stronger weaving than a standard silicone.
It only comes in one colour as that is the colour of the flourosilicone, it should be slightly longer than the oem to allow for those aftermarket chargepipes you may want to fit.
Forge are currently running through final testing for fit and pressure and I hope to see them available in a week or so. I'll let you know when they are ready, they should be around £49+vat.
Its a great alternative to an Audi pipe in both price and quality, keep an eye on this pipe or consider this as an precautionary upgrade.
Updates when I have more information.... hopefully by the end of the week but its on Forges website already.
Myself and "Feel" have had a problem, both at about 60k miles where the main Turbo outlet pipe has failed.
In my case little boost pressure was lost but I got a strong smell of oil when stopping and idleing.
It was irregular enough for me to always assume It was coming from the car in front and vapour enough to assume it was a normal smell in a car park.
It was after I noticed Oil Vapour in my engine bay I thought I had blown a Turbo seal or something!
Turns out it was the one main pipe never catered for aftermarket because the supplied pipe is silicone and around £80 from Audi.
Well I spoke to Forge at Xmas and they have been working on an upgrade to provide a stronger more resilient pipe, FEEL provided them with a hose to template from.
The new hose is made of "Flourosilicone" which it needs to be to be resilient to oil and has a stronger weaving than a standard silicone.
It only comes in one colour as that is the colour of the flourosilicone, it should be slightly longer than the oem to allow for those aftermarket chargepipes you may want to fit.
Forge are currently running through final testing for fit and pressure and I hope to see them available in a week or so. I'll let you know when they are ready, they should be around £49+vat.
Its a great alternative to an Audi pipe in both price and quality, keep an eye on this pipe or consider this as an precautionary upgrade.
Updates when I have more information.... hopefully by the end of the week but its on Forges website already.
