Driving home from work in the dark, I have noticed the car is smoking quite a bit.

 

Looking around the engine bay all the intercooler pipes are wet. 

 

I removed the top pipe and the seals are quite flat and don't appear to be fully sealing.

 

Are they supposed to be O rings?

 

Does anyone have a parts list of the seals? Or sizes?

 

I usually go to parts base but the site seems to be down.

 

I have the mk1 fabia, BNV estate. (1.4tdi)

 

Thanks.

Edited 4 December, 20169 yr by rdp50734

Hi rdp. if the seals are the same as what's fitted on the pd engines, they are usually green quad O-rings and last time I checked were a dealer part. And quite pricey if I remember rightly. Not sure about the part number.

Depends how much the seals are worn out but as a cheap, temporary solution you can add a ptfe tape, which plumbers use on radiators etc, under the seal to increase overall diameter. Worked for me well enough.

Thanks for that, I might just try some O rings, as an engineer I have access to loads.

 

Would like to get the right seals though.....

Oem seals ain't cheap if I remember right. Someone on here has got some large diameter heat shrink over the joins to help prevent the boost loss. Other than that you are looking at replacing the boost pipes.

Replace like for like, or most have upgraded to silicone hoses and new milled couplings. Plenty of guides on here for the latter.

Try [email protected] - just email them, they are really helpful.

 

These ones below (there are 2) are on the 90 degree bend going into the bottom of the standard SMIC.

 

These must have been on their way out for months. I was getting intermittent high levels of smoke and more smoke than usual when accelerating hard. They eventually went, you could hear the turbo air blowing out. I must have been left with about 20 bhp. at least I could get home though. When it happened on my previous TT, I couldn't even move it.

 

When I took the 90 degree bend out, the O ring had been forced all the way down the pipe and was pushing against the clip that holds the pipe in. Take all of them out and make sure they are fitting snugly in the slot in the pipe. After I replaced them, it made a massive difference.

 

Discount Price

Inter cooler Seal

3C0145117D - £6.90 Each

Postage - £4.50

Thanks! I will drop them an email!