Odd problem....

[Donato]

Standing at the front of the car, there is a pipe coming from the turbo\'s at the left hand side of the engine, which comes up over the engine to the front just on the left of your alternator.

[Tintin]

If you look at the engine bay you\'ll see 2 pipes ( oval ish ) connected to the intercooler , one goes to the inlet manifold the other disapears into the engine to the turbos , it was the one from the turbos to the intercooler that came loose on mine , just under the strut brace

[hmltnangel]

did it come loose near the engine side of it under the strut brace?

Not enough light to tell really but that hose was wobbly. I pushed down hard on the end of it towards the rear of the car and i felt it go pop as if it was going back in, not had the chance to take my baby for a drive yet to check if that was it.

:evillaugh

gggrrrr if it is better then watch out boy racers!!!!!!!

(had a laugh on the way home from cardiff on the m6.....

a little corsa with a big exhaust whizzed past......

all the little neds inside were piled against the window in awe at the sight of the rex.

thus they almost hit the car in front of them ... before duly watching me sail past without any effort on the other side of them.


hahahahahaha

[hmltnangel]

was this the offending hose by any chance?

[Tintin]

That was the wee bugger , on mine there was a silicone hose connector I had to loosen off the jubilee clip , pop the pipe back in and re-tighten the clip ,

if you don\'t secure it properly it will just pop back out next time you nail it , then all the chavs will just laugh it you :rollin mind you , you could still sail past there little chav waggons with no boost :rollin

It is amusing when they all stare open mouthed at a proper car , first day I got mine I pulled up outside the outlaws house and a group of them came over asking could they take pics on there phones , one of them even asked me if I was a footballer :rollin

[hmltnangel]

how do you get to the little beggars clips?


thers too many damn hoses in the bleedin way.


for such a big engine bay thers not enough room

[Tintin]

I was going to take off the strut brace and the air hose above it but I managed to get to it with a socket and extension bar , it was a bit fiddley , an extra pair of hands to hold the clip in place will make it alot easier and a cool engine , I did mine as soon as I got home and the engine was red hot , ended up burning my fingers a couple of times :reallymad

[hmltnangel]

woohooo, got my dash lights back on! i had knocked the plug off the back of the dimmer switch when i was messing with the stereo!
once again not much room! still i managed to get a pioneer screen and a dvd player in there!
now we\'re off for a trip to see if I managed to sort the boost problem.

[hmltnangel]

vrrrrooooooommmmmvvvvrrrroooooommmmm!!!!!

yipee boost problems sorted, it was that darn hose!!!

Sorry donato, didn\'t manage to call you today - the bloomin parents were round most of the day then I spent the last dribs of daylight polishing the beast .

Theres a cruise in Livingston apparently tomo night - wa splanning taking my new baby along to annoy the neds if you fancy it?

[Donato]

Alright mate, im only online at work mon to fri....

Some ned annoying would have been nice, next time......

Glad you sorted the problem mate.

[hmltnangel]

still seems to be a lack of power at high revs in 3rd?

a cavalier sri almost had me cause of it - soon as i put her in 4th and the turbos kicked in .........