Hi,
Does anyone know if this type of hose clip can eventually 'eat into' the hose it's holding in place? I've got a pressure leak on my turbo system and it looks like that's what may be causing it. This is the clip concerned.
The advert does not show how the clip is intended to be used. Maybe you could post a link to a picture showing this.
I think a clip like that would be used to hold solid plastic components in place.
That really doesn?t look like a hose clip. For a start, it?s not fully circumferential so can?t compress a hose evenly all the way round.
It *could* be a retaining clip for two rigid pipes that use an o-ring to seal the two parts I guess but we really need photos.
Tim
This video clip shows it at 2m.38s in from the start.
It shows a conventional screw hose clamp, not what it illustrated in the eBay ad.
Tim
Sorry, wrong video clip. Here's a much clearer *still* image:
Those kind of clips are *supposed* to look like that, though! Perhaps the seal inside (if there is one) has failed. Are you seeing any oil spray around the area at all? --
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What goes into the hole with a clip? Do you have a picture?
Yes! What does that indicate?
Soz for the delay; had to borrow someone else's web host. Here's the best picture I could take. The hose on top just gets in the way of what I'm actually trying to show: the union beneath it. The clip just joins one section of hose to another which feeds the intercooler.
On one of my vehicles I have a hose with clips like that either end. The hose is solid, ie not flexible, and the clips are for retention in a groove in the pipe the "hose" fits onto.
I wouldn't really call it a hose, as in my case it's a 'pipe'.
when I have had such Its been a hidden split in the turbo hose - just replace it. feel around with fingers...not a lot of pressure - ordinary hose clips are fine
Okay, so that?s not a hose clip, it?s a retaining spring clip on a rigid pipe. I would think that the seal will be down to O-rings. That clip doesn?t compress or ?eat into? a hose.
Tim
I suspect there is a plastic bit on the end of the male pipe but I can't claim to be able to see that in the picture as it is inside the female part. You likely need a new pipe.
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