Hi all
Not been on here a while, generally had a good running FL2 SD4 and kept it serviced and change what needs doing.
Recently had the hose from intercooler, into the the throttle body blow. Replaced with a cheap amazon next day delivery job to get the car back on the road. Still on there as worked fine, though it was tight as hell to get on and I would advise not using if you can get a proper sized one if you need.
Car been ok for about a month, now similar intermittent loss of power, but its not the same hose. Go to accelerate, hesitates, revs drop, build back up and it responds ok, but its not right. Whack it into semi manual and change up to 3rd gear, it wants to drop back to 2nd by itself, odd that.
Anyway, I could not find a new full set of hoses from one single supplier anywhere. They all seem to have intercooler to throttle body, only some have turbo to intercooler, and they didnt have the full set (or do it) so I ended up buying from 2 suppliers. One is Britpart badged and looks correct sizing. The other is from another supplier and the internal diameter of the turbo hose and steel pipe (inlet) hose (to intercooler) is also slimmer.
So the question is, is the turbo hose and the hose that comes off the steel pipe to the intercooler, just smaller diameter, than Inlet/outlet of the intercooler (understandable) and also smaller than the throttle body diameter?
The only supplier I could find online who did the full set btw, never responded to any emails or picked up the phone, quite well known, not sure if they are still in business. Otherwise would have bought from them.
The other part I bought to replace as could be the culprit of the intermittent issue, is the crank pulse sensor, so will do that whilst working on the hoses. Im not sure the 3 remaining original hoses are split or the issue...
Oh yeah, are there any difference between the TD4 and SD4 hoses?
Cheers
Vin
Not been on here a while, generally had a good running FL2 SD4 and kept it serviced and change what needs doing.
Recently had the hose from intercooler, into the the throttle body blow. Replaced with a cheap amazon next day delivery job to get the car back on the road. Still on there as worked fine, though it was tight as hell to get on and I would advise not using if you can get a proper sized one if you need.
Car been ok for about a month, now similar intermittent loss of power, but its not the same hose. Go to accelerate, hesitates, revs drop, build back up and it responds ok, but its not right. Whack it into semi manual and change up to 3rd gear, it wants to drop back to 2nd by itself, odd that.
Anyway, I could not find a new full set of hoses from one single supplier anywhere. They all seem to have intercooler to throttle body, only some have turbo to intercooler, and they didnt have the full set (or do it) so I ended up buying from 2 suppliers. One is Britpart badged and looks correct sizing. The other is from another supplier and the internal diameter of the turbo hose and steel pipe (inlet) hose (to intercooler) is also slimmer.
So the question is, is the turbo hose and the hose that comes off the steel pipe to the intercooler, just smaller diameter, than Inlet/outlet of the intercooler (understandable) and also smaller than the throttle body diameter?
The only supplier I could find online who did the full set btw, never responded to any emails or picked up the phone, quite well known, not sure if they are still in business. Otherwise would have bought from them.
The other part I bought to replace as could be the culprit of the intermittent issue, is the crank pulse sensor, so will do that whilst working on the hoses. Im not sure the 3 remaining original hoses are split or the issue...
Oh yeah, are there any difference between the TD4 and SD4 hoses?
Cheers
Vin
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