Brake Vacuum hose

[richybigman]

Hi,
Has anyone replaced this hose:
http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=190202&product=FMTTUHOSE
Fitted on the left hand side of the inlet manifold on a Cupra R?
It looks like the original hose is attached to the one above it so is there a special way of fitting it?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Rich

 

[stpete]

I think its this one, if so then i thinks its just held on by those one use clips, just use jubilee clips to replace like top clip on mine!

 

[Willie]

Good find, subscribed and interested

 

[richybigman]

The hose above (with the jubilee and 1 time use clip) is attached to the hose i have a replacement for (the forge link).
Should i just move the hose with the jubilee onto the part where the 1 time clip is?
I hope this makes sense.
Cheers for your help
Rich

 

[Phillc]

I know mine is a cupra but as you can see the hose goes straight to the brake cylinder where does the pipe that goes under the inlet go to

 

[Willie]

Sorry cannot help as cannot see stpete's link (firewalled)

 

[stpete]

Slightly clearer. A, is the stub on the intake manifold B, is the hose that goes to the servo, C and D, go somewhere else? It looks like the forge hose is the lower one with A and D attached. Can I put these anywhere you can see them Junior?

 

[richybigman]

Yeah the forge replacement goes from A to D. But the top bit between C and B is connected to the hose underneath. So should i just connect the B hose directly onto C and fit the forge hose from A to D?

 

[stpete]

Ah, I see, I would think so! Gonna pull mine apart later to neaten it up a bit! I have a look, I always thought that servo was conected direct to manifold but it seems not, wonder what C and D are?

 

[richybigman]

Cheers for your help mate, i'll have a go at this tomorrow once i get some new jubilee clips.

 

[Phillc]

As said before i have got my hose from the brake servo going straight to the manifold and havent experienced any problems with braking.

 

[Willie]

Na Pete I can't see it due to firewalls in the system I'm using (offshore in Norway)

 

[richybigman]

I have heard of them splitting before causing boost problems but the hose is only for LCR according to Forge.
I saw it on Forges website and as i have all the other hoses i thought i'd uprate this one too, lol

 

[stpete]

Would look nice, little bit more Forgework! Wish they also did coolant for us LCR's! Perhaps we should start bullying/whinning at them!!

 

[richybigman]

Well i've replaced the small coolant hoses with blue hose but no-one does the large ones like you say.
It's a shame the brake vacuum hose only comes in black and the turbo hose only comes in red but you can't really see them.

 

[stpete]

I think awesome do the coolant hoses but i want as few stickers, names etc as i can and a big red Awesome logo on hoses is a no for me!

 

[richybigman]

Right, well i fitted it at the weekend.
I'm gonna try to explain the best i can how to do it.
I would recommend taking off your charge pipe for ease of access (i didn't).
You have to undo A and D which were one time use clips on mine which are a complete pain to get off.
Then where the replacement hose is attached to the hose above (between C and B) cut the connecting rubber as close to the lower hose as possible.
The hose you're replacing comes off easily off the manifold but the lowest connection is tricky, i would recommend using a stanley knife (carefully) to cut the hose off.
Then it's just a case of fitting your new hose with new jubilee clips (13mm - 20mm).

One thing i will say is, when getting the lowest part of the hose off be careful not to split the vacuum hoses that attach underneath the manifold. I did and it was a pain to sort out.

Borrowed Picture (hope you don't mine)

 

[stpete]

Not at all, you're the guinea pig now we all no how to do it!! Well done did you say the rest of your hoses are Forge, must be a nice little finishing touch! Wonder if you could replace upper C-B bit with silicon hose?

 

[richybigman]

I'm pretty sure you can connect the B hose straight onto the C bit, so you could run a silicon hose all the way from C upto the top left of the bay where it connects to. My engine bay's getting there, i'll get a couple of pics after i fit my oil catch tank which probably won't happen until next weekend.

 

[stpete]

Mmmm catch tank, thats on my list!!1 Loooooong list though! Want to do one with all silicon and oem looking if thats pos!