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[Barry Blue]

  jordak said:

  sixfan said:

screw thread type, from Bunnings. (hope I haven't offended a sponsor...)

and it isn't that bad doing the lower one, just attack it from the front.

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I thought the stock ones were screwthreads! Are we talking same but heavier duty / double or what??

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Good quality Utilux type clamps will do fine!

Standard clamps are only spring wire type.

Clarke

[Xtreme F6]

  bugster70 said:

  Dannopower said:

Other pipe to check is the bottom pipe from the turbo. It has silver heat shielding on it. You will have to get under the car and change the spring clamp.

Heaps of people that upgrades their clamps seem to forget this one as its a little harder to get too.

  Xtreme F6 said:

all it can be is a pipes come loose..... its the most common problem ive seen ppl have, when I do any Turbo falcons now as part of my tuning I replace the hose clamp under the turbo with a FOrd PN Turbo clamp aswell as the one going to the top cross over from the intercooler. Has to be done.. 

Okay guys, quick question for you two. How often have you heard of the bottom clamp popping off? Reason I ask is that my top clamp gave up the ghost the other day and I have since replaced it with a super heavy duty MF that'll probably see the piping rip before it pops off! I was considering doing the one underneath too, but have been told that this very rarely pops off, so I'd thought I'd save myself the hassle of trying to crawl underneath my (lowered) T.

Am I just being lazy or do you REALLY think it's a necessary 'mod' with increased boost?

Mate replace it, you dont need to get underneathy, remove the air inlet pipe from cross over to turbo, including the rubber part that the inlet goes into, the if the crimping part of the clamp isnt facing forward, gently tap the clamp down the hose till it comes off the turbo.. then pull down on the pipe and replace the clamp.. takes about 4 minutes.

[Xtreme F6]

  jordak said:

  sixfan said:

screw thread type, from Bunnings. (hope I haven't offended a sponsor...)

and it isn't that bad doing the lower one, just attack it from the front.

I thought the stock ones were screwthreads! Are we talking same but heavier duty / double or what??

PN, BAT 8287 B

[bugster70]

  Xtreme F6 said:

Mate replace it, you dont need to get underneathy, remove the air inlet pipe from cross over to turbo, including the rubber part that the inlet goes into, the if the crimping part of the clamp isnt facing forward, gently tap the clamp down the hose till it comes off the turbo.. then pull down on the pipe and replace the clamp.. takes about 4 minutes.

Thanks mate, I'll be onto it pronto!!

[sixfan]

  jordak said:

  sixfan said:

screw thread type, from Bunnings. (hope I haven't offended a sponsor...)

and it isn't that bad doing the lower one, just attack it from the front.

I thought the stock ones were screwthreads! Are we talking same but heavier duty / double or what??

? perhaps in the Mk2's they are?? mine came with black spring clip clamps that pop off even at standard boost.

[cobrav8]

My Mark 2 has steel screw type clamps - and seems to have 2 on each fitting. I have been wondering what people had been replacing them with!

I guess Ford must have got in first.

[Bain]

  cobrav8 said:

My Mark 2 has steel screw type clamps - and seems to have 2 on each fitting.  I have been wondering what people had been replacing them with!

I guess Ford must have got in first.

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My MKII had to go in 4 times in 2 days (when I first got it) for the clamps coming off.. They resolved it with 2 clamps on the intercooler pipe and 2 on the crossover on top of the engine.

[jordak]

So let me see if I've got this right.....

Plastic pipe from crossover to turbo - Existing twin srew clamp top and single screw clamp fine.

Rubber pipe from cross over to intercooler (cast pipework) - Replace both top screw clamp and bottom spring clamp with something more heavy duty ala PN BAT 8287B (ref: Simon)

Pipe coming out of bottom of turbo (with heatshield attached - Replace existing clamp (whatever it is) with something more heavy duty ala PN BAT 8287B (ref: Simon)

Does that cover it?

[bugster70]

jordak, I think you got it pretty much right, except I don't think there's a need to replace the existing twin screw clamps where the pipe joins at the crossover. My understanding is that both dodgy clamps are of the spring type and the existing screw types are fine.

But to the others, if you are replacing the spring clamps, I'd suggest going for a heavy duty (ie. WIDE) bolt and washer type (rather than screw type) clamp as these are much better than the thinner screw type ones. I have no idea what the genuine Ford ones look like, but they may be the wider type for all I know.

cobrav8, you sure you're looking at the right clamps, yeah? The easy one to see is the bottom end of the pipe that goes from the crossover to the intercooler cast aluminium pipe (it's the front pipe and on the Mk I's is held by a black spring type clamp).

I had a look for the other spring clamp but for the life of me couldn't see it from on top (I didn't get under the car). So Xtreme, are you saying that it will be obvious once I take off the pipe from the crossover to the turbo? I hope so, 'cos at the moment I can't see a thing!!

[bugster70]

  Xtreme F6 said:

PN, BAT 8287 B 

Xtreme, 'nother quickie for ya mate. Do you know the specs for this part? I mean, what the diameter is? I measured the diameter of the spring clamp when I took it off and it was about 60mm (closed, obviously), so I got a heavy duty clamp that was rated at 63-68mm and it fitted fine, with a bit of coaxing!

But I've only replaced the clamp on the bottom part of the hose from the crossover to the intercooler so far. Is the other clamp (underneath the turbo?? ) the same size too?