Look what I did!!!!!!!!!!!

[swordy21]

After whipping my ABS pump off to get at the ECU, I noticed that the induction pipe to the turbo was a bit loose, so on further inspection I also noticed that there was a grommet with hoses and electrical connectors comming out of it that wasn't in the hole it should have been in, hence the turbo has been sucking in unmetered/unfiltered air - whoops! So in trying to shove it back I heard this small "crack", and a bit of plastic pipe come out. Some further investigation to judge the extent of the damage and "crack", another larger pipe snapped............so I now have this in my hand:-
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Oh dear I wish I hadn't done that! Anyway it seemed that the best way to get it back in was to take the induction pipe off,
http://www.swordyt5.com/components/com_galleria/alben/1/1138016061_0.71461900_Jon_%23_IMAGE_00043.jpg
and invent a way of splicing the broken bits back together.
http://www.swordyt5.com/components/com_galleria/alben/1/1138016070_0.42356400_Jon_%23_IMAGE_00044.jpg
Which I did with some 4mm slilcon hose and a bit of my garden hosepipe.

Yay - it works now and cured my turbo lag and smokey exhaust........

Who said that necessity ISN'T the mother of invention.

I just hope it passes it's MOT now........

Cheers

Jon

[Wobbly Dave]

I have a spare hose and parts from the C70 if you want a more permanent solution?

The other end of the small plastic pipe joins into the breather elbow which you might have heard of before, John?

[dicky b t5]

Nice Bodge Swordy Mate, Ya cant beat abit of Lateral Thinking.....!lol