new tip fitted help needed pics included

[stef cupra]

hi everyone, in need of help. i had a tip fitted today by a friend to my 180 leon cupra. whilst having a nose at what he'd done, i noticed he'd plumbed a pipe into the dv pipe by cutting a hole and silicone sealing around it bodging it up. had never seen it before, surely its not right. anyway, pics show the pipe im on about.

thanks for any help, seems to run fine apart from feeling like it has a boost leak occasionally

 

[stef cupra]

also i looked on the tip and cant find anywhere it can go in there should i just block it off? i have a spare dv pipe i can use as he's gashed a hole in this one for that pipe to go in.

 

[stewbie55]

How is your HKS DV connected? You seem to have a metal blanking plug in your TIP where the DV pipe should go

 

[kineticz]

How is your HKS DV connected? You seem to have a metal blanking plug in your TIP where the DV pipe should go

Relocation kit perhaps?

 

[stef cupra]

kind of, the dv comes off the intercooler pipe which is the one the small pipes plumbed into

 

[stewbie55]

Am I right in thinking the HKS is a BOV only rather than a DV so has no return pipe connection that would normally go to the TIP?

In this case that makes sense as to why the TIP connection is blanked off, but does not explain the sealant connection bodge - as far as I can see that is connecting the TIP to the boost side of the BOV so in which case the car won't make any boost. Have you tried to run the car at all? I'd expect you'd get limp mode

 

[stewbie55]

Relocation kit perhaps?

On a relocation kit its the hot side boost connection that is blanked off not the TIP connection. I think its because the HKS dumps to atmosphere only so is not a DV as such? I didn't think these worked on 1.8T's anyway

 

[stef cupra]

yep drove home from solihull then to work, about a 120mile round trip and ran perfectly fine

 

[Cupra Ross]

I'd lose the HKS, it'll cause you no end of grief. By the look of the front of your rocker cover, you've got a split breather hose or have had one in the past.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Not being rude but surely thats a bit of a bodge job siliconing the pipes in and it's not going to hold any pressure?

If thats the way its got to be plumbed in for the BOV to work I'd suggest getting some pipes or proper joiners made up.

 

[stef cupra]

the hks has been on for 30thousand miles and never skipt a beat, thats not what i was asking. and yes adam, glad you read the first paragraph, i agree, thats why ive started a thread. to try to find out where the pipe belongs so it can be fitted properly, and yes the breather hose was split during fitting, hence the tape. so can anyone help me as to where this mystery pipe belongs?

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Its quite confusing.....where does that little pipe go from the TIP, the one that has sealer on it?

Is it blanked off or has he tried to seal that into the dumpvalve pipe to?

Its quite hard to see excatly what hes sealed in from the pictures.

 

[stef cupra]

it goes from the small black box attatched at the top of the tip then the guy's plumbed it into the dv pipe which is connected to the intercooler

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Whats the clear vacum pipe for thats T'd into the FPR?

Its quite confusing working out whats been done, surely you don't need all those pipes?

How was it plumbed in before the TIP was fitted?

 

[stef cupra]

if i new that i wouldnt have started the thread mate. thats for my boost guage and yes, i do need all those hoses or my car wouldnt run. the blue ones are for n249 bypass. anyway, think ive solved it for myself. if you look at this pic, it shows the hose in question heading towards the manifold/intercooler pipe so ill inspect tomorrow, thanks for great help!!!!!!!!

 

[Cupra Ross]

The hose you're talking about in your photo is coming from your N75 wastegate actuator solenoid valve.

I didn't mean to cause offence wrt the BOV. It will be playing havoc with your fuelling though. I'd do some vagcom logs of your fuel trims just to be safe.

 

[stef cupra]

any chance anyone could take a pic of where this fits onto?

 

[james walker]

tbh, id start again with this one, looks totally wrong.

sell the hks, buy a forge oo7p, and refit where the dv is suppose to be.

also, whats the pipe that runs under the maf??

and another thing, is that your hid ballast to the right of the pics, neat the gearbox mount?

if so, id cover that up to waterproof it mate..

really would take the advice to rid the hks and start again.

 

[Cupra Ross]

tbh, id start again with this one, looks totally wrong.

sell the hks, buy a forge oo7p, and refit where the dv is suppose to be.

really would take the advice to rid the hks and start again.

Couldn't agree more, if you didn't have that horrendous HKS contraption in there, the TIP would have been a straightforward install with no need for bodging. I'll do a photo for you in a few minutes.

 

[james walker]

so whats the pipe under the maf for?

take it the other blue silicon pipe is a cold air feed of sorts....


id also replace the crankshatf breather hose with the nice blue silicon you have, take it this has split before due to the jubilee clips holding it on?

not negative comments, but friendly advice