Intercooler hose popping off

[Lewis225]

Hi, if someone could help it would be great, fitted a f.m.i and the top left hose (lcr) keeps popping off. I have tried wrapping the tape you get at the bottom of a tennis racket around it to make it more grippy, didn't work, I have tried fitting two jubilee clips and if I go over 20psi for more then a second it still pops off, very frustrating when your having to let little chavs in there saxo blow you cause your afraid of putting your foot down. I want to try heavy duty clips, an idea where |I can source these, or any other ideas.

Regards Tim

 

[warren_cox]

Had this happen once myself, but only ever the once, and only had one jubilee clip.

Try spraying some solvent cleaner on the metal pipework before refitting the silicone hoses to ensure a dirt free fit.

Jubilee clips available from any major car / automotive store, but RS do them: link

 

[Stu_pot]

If you want to sort it properly then try what Robdon and I did :-

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2607718&postcount=38

 

[Lewis225]

intercooler clips

Thanx for that, I take it's the high torque ones, they all look the same, I'm beguining to worry the universal f.m.i isn't large enough to cope with the boost, though it's still larger then the two side ones out together, just not as large as the foege whopper. If this doesn't sort my problem I think I may have to splash out on a forge item

 

[Stu_pot]

No, read the full threads, it's not the Mikalor clamps I'm pointing you at but the complete solution, especially the cod weld beading that we did.

It's the beading that's the important thing.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

I use these ones

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120473387222&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

£2 each is a good price for these, used them on prevous cars to with no problems there a hell of a lot better than a jubilee.

 

[Lewis225]

welds

Cool, where did you get the jb weld from, is it easily avaialable, and you just have to let it dry?

Regards

 

[Shaunyboy]

Mine blew off not long ago when ive been trying to rectify the problem, after it was first started give it a rev and it sounded like a shotgun :O All it was is where my oily mitts had been on the turbo and the jubilee was a bit loose. Also if theres some oily deposits in the pipe i found this can cuase it to blow off once they been re-fitted.

 

[Lewis225]

clips

hmm, those clips look alot more heavy duty then mine, give um both a go i reckon.

 

[Lewis225]

intercooler hose fix

Ahhh, finally got a mate to metal weld a lip on my f.m.i tubing, now back up to 22psi again, had forgotten how quick she was, chuffed. No more embarrasing moments...me hopes.


regards tim

 

[SalSheikh]

when i had this issue on my previous car a golf i took it to my local exhaust place who had a mandrel machine and they managed to put a lip into the piping using the machine. did the trick for me.

 

[ibizacupra]

if your hose repeatedly pops off, is it stretched? (oe rubber one?)
considered a silicon hose set as they dont inflate like baloons under boost and go even softer when hot liek rubber ones do

 

[DannyC87]

if your hose repeatedly pops off, is it stretched? (oe rubber one?)
considered a silicon hose set as they dont inflate like baloons under boost and go even softer when hot liek rubber ones do

as Bill says; replace the upper oe hoses with silicon items and you shouldn't experience hoses popping off again.

 

[Lodgey180]

i got a high pressure hose clamp from pirtek.. was about 8 quid and aint came off since

 

[Lodgey180]

I use these ones

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120473387222&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

£2 each is a good price for these, used them on prevous cars to with no problems there a hell of a lot better than a jubilee.

£2 ???

these are £19.99 :O

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

£2 ???

these are £19.99 :O

Yeah and theres 10 of them 10 x 2 = 20?

They sell them on there own to I just used the link to the ones I bought