rogersbenj1989

Thank you. Will give that a go next if it doesn’t hold up. At the moment, seems to be pulling okay and less smoke. Would love to get the block to 200,000 🤞🏼

Yeah will give that a go too. So I just replaced the knee pipe (number 8 in diagram). But I think the leak will probably be more the connection at the intercooler, and from looking at the diagram only way to solve that would be a new one? I certainly don’t have the skills to replace that and probably wouldn’t as would guess even a local would need to charge £600 and then becomes uneconomical. Got the car 4 years ago from a friend and it’s done 180,000 miles. And to be fair in the last 4 years completely stress free apart from a fuse relay and general wear and tear items. Will see how many more miles can squeeze from it and then call it a day.

Plenty of black smoke when accelerating hard.

Sorry silly question how do I know if leaking

So I replaced the pipe and clip but still feels a bit loose. Will put another jubilee over it. But read somewhere it’s more to do with the intercooler side? The ears/lugs worn out as pictured? What’s the actual permanent fix?

Good afternoon, Typical newbie here so apologies if overlap but do love the forum and help you provide. I have a 2004 Fabia VRS and yesterday the boost pipe popped off the intercooler. Looks like I need some new horseshoe spring clips - https://www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/products/horseshoe-spring-clip-for-intercooler-on-seat-ibiza-vw-polo-skoda-fabia.html Is this an easy job to fit, as in just simply put the clips back on. Can this be accessed from the normal engine bay or do we need to start dismantling the headlight/bumper/under carriage. Thanks all