Does anyone know if it's safe to change all the hoses in the bay of a 1.2 to red silicon ones or are there any I need to watch out for?
Phillpotts' Mk4 1.2! SOLD ON 09/04/12 :'(
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were are you getting the red hoses from? looked for ages to find some but still struggling
were are you getting the red hoses from? looked for ages to find some but still struggling
Fleebay mate. Cost me £4 odd for 1M of it for my crankcase pipe that goes into the side of the engine cover. Also got a small filter for it as when you put an open cone on that pipe still sucks air in. So for the moment I just tie wrapped a sock over the end lol. All you do is measure the pipes inner diameter and put in the search (for the crankcase breather pipe) 10mm red silicon hose. Brings up thousands of results.
The start of my red hose engine bay.
Day 1, New crankcase breather filter & Relocation, Relocation of air filter:
Day 2, Some coolant pipes replaced:
Day 1, New crankcase breather filter & Relocation, Relocation of air filter:
Day 2, Some coolant pipes replaced:
So far its cost me £19 for the hoses and Breather filter. Thats for 3 Meters of 6mm hose, 1 Meter of 10mm hose and a breather filter. gunna do the fuel line too next and the the main coolant pipe thats about 15mm that runs around the bottom of the engine bay.
whoa thats awesome, can you tell much of a difference with the cone filters/piping?
Wow sounds good, might have to do mine in a different colour
Two words: YELLOW BABY!!
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Not really mate, we have 3 cylinder 1.2's so its pretty hard to tell any power as you know lol. Although the backbox has increased Fuel economy every so slightly (extra 10 miles more than i used to get from £20). There was an increase in performance too when i had the backbox fitted combined with the air filter but only minimal. The small filter cominf from the red hose is only a crankcase breather filter cause when the rocker cover is off the pipe which comes from the top of the crankcase still sucks in slightly so i used to have a sock tie wrapped on the end of the pipe acting as a filter lol.
Forgot to say this is how my car sounds with exhaust and intake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQaLoBzqHk
Two words: YELLOW BABY!!
Lol that's what I was thinking
but chances of finding a yellow air filter to match.... Nil! 
Here you go, for an example: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=380360604015&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=73481285619
Yeh I suppose that would work, I'll have to have a look at eBay
Also what size neck is on the breather filter?
Also what size neck is on the breather filter?
I used a 10mm inner diameter silicon pipe and chose a breather to match the outer diameter of the hose.
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