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Hey all,

I have a little question. A few times the pipe that goes from turbo to the manifold has popped off while I am driving. Not great. Mine, off the top of my head, has two pipes. One on the turbo, one on the manifold, with a metal joint in the middle for the two pipes to jubilee clip onto. It Is at the joint that it pops off.. My question is, can these pipes and joint be replaced for one single pipe and if so where can I get it.

Oh engine is 1.6td jx. Hope this makes sense. Can take pics when back off holidays if needed.

Cheers.

Ben

Boost pipe is single piece on jx, I'm sure brickwerks do them

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?p ... t&Itemid=3

I found this one but mine is like two f these attached. There is a thread, 'getting there', that talks of the same issue and they got new clips and a longer bit of metal in the middle. Seems like a good fix but was wondering if there's a single pipe.

Hi, thats my thread (getting there) Mine is a custom install with a charge cooler on a TDI. As mentioned above, on a jx it should be one piece, maybe it split and someone joined it? The original vw jx pipe also had a metal/foil type thing wrapping it

The previous owner put the engine in so im not 100%. It is not wrapped though. The pipe on brickwerks is a single 90deg angle by the looks where as mine is 2 90deg angles joined by the metal bit. I will get a picture up as soon as I can. May just employ your fix techniques though.

stick a pic up, we'll all be clear what you have then

Ok so I had a look at the pipe and for some reason mine is wrong and an added pipe. It says gm on it for a start. Now not sure about buying the correct pipe yet though as on route home from holidays the pipe came off and spat a lot off oil out. By the time I could safely stop it was a very lot of oil. This worries me as this pipe doesn't carry oil, so it's coming through the turbo at a guess. I guess I either need a new one or mine fixed. Don't really know where our start in order to determine which is best or doable route. Any suggestions feel free.

I have an AAZ with random hoses from turbo to manifold that took turns to blow apart. There's a connection to the rocker cover to vent engine gases which seems to let a fair bit of oil through and lubricates the pipes connecting the hoses together! Inconvenient. I've used blue gasket seal to increase stickiness and aid the grip of the hose clips. So far so good.........