poorly car :(

well i was just driving between berko and bourne end when i heard a loud pop,

car cut out and wouldnt re-start! so i pulled into a lay by popped the bonnet and it stunk of egg!,
anyway, looked underneath and the intercooler pipe that double backs (james youll know what i mean) had popped off! typical, i was one of the crappy jubilee clips holding it on (one i hadnt changed for a good one), so with no tools and an iphone for a torch i just rammed the pipe back on, and it restarted fine, i drove it off boost as much as possible which was disappointing

drove it back to tring and it popped off again! this time the tcs light came on, no egg smell though.


do you think its just the boost hose come off? or do you think its something more sinister? ill fault read it tomorrow when i get a chance. anyone local fancy giving it a quick check over for me sometime? i dont wanna do more damage by driving it round if you know what i mean!

you've got a PM bruuuuda

mine popped off, it wont start when its off Si

fault read it, but tcs is the traction control.. should drive fine... if not pop the front wheels off and check the abs wires arnt off of wires pulled out of plugs or anything stupid. shouldnt of.

run the checks first should be fine m8

yeah ill have a look tomorrow mate, ive had enough today!

ive had the tcs and engine light on before and it was down to a fuse! so hopefully its something random

any ideas on the dodgy smell though? but your right ill check it all over, oh and buy some decent jubilees! scared the shite outta me

iv heard of people complainging of an eggy smell when the coils go but it could be the cat getting a little hot ?? where its running rich with out the boost preasure did it missfire or any thing ?

no mate, as soon as i heard it i dipped the clutch and rolled it into the lay-by by which time it had stalled. weird! it wouldnt run right with the hose off, was revving all over the shop then it would just stall!

i may of been giving it some beans just as it went though just as it peaked at 21 psi lol

hmm check the vagicom see what it says replace the jubilee clip with a proper full fat one and see what she does ?

yeah i reckon thats the way to go gricey! the tcs light might be limp mode? ill find out tomorrow, as i said ive had enough tonight lol!

nah the eml light comes on for limp mode tcs may be when it cut out or maybe it just thru a hissy fit

more than likely mate! bloody cars are too clever for their own good!

right the culprit:


all fixed: (hopefully)


i vag comed it earlier, mass air flow fault cleared it, didnt come back! need a road test now, but thatll have to wait till tomorrow!

That is a problem with those clips, you need these blighters:

T-Bolts
Gricey, what was the name of those other good ones?

ah! thanks cali!!!

ill get some of those on order, the originals would just go tight then round off! rubbish! still gave me a heart attack when it blew off

T-bolts are meant to keep their shape better, I am still looking for the really fancy ones that will solve our boost needs.

defo gonna get some of these ordered up! as i dont want to go through the whole limp car home off boost again if i can help it! especially as tring is basically on a hill!

Ive heard great things about "Mikalor" hose clamps. Very heavy duty!

hmm, i wonder if these are what cali was on about??

ill hold off on the ordering for a bit then!

yeah the mickalor clamps are the muts nuts proper heavy duty nut and bolt type set up really hold well pricey but worht the extra

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mikalor-Supra-Clamps-set-of-4-51mm-to-55mm_W0QQitemZ120366608021QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item120366608021&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-x-ANYSIZE-INTERCOOLER-HOSE-CLIP-CLAMPS-NOT-MIKALOR_W0QQitemZ120362528371QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item120362528371&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

I'd look into having a small "Bulge" put in the ends of the pipes (like the Rad pipework has) to stop the pipe slipping under boost.

yeah defo get a bead formed on those pipes

How would you get that bulge done mate? As that sounds like a good idea!

its a machine that forms a bead in the pipe, don't know if anyone would have one.
someone might recomend a workshop for ya, i don't know of one sorry

Could just get few spots welded on the ends

Top Gear Performance in St Albans do exhaust's, they have a machine that expands the pipe end's I think. They might do it for you for a small fee?

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