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      03-02-2025, 03:34 AM   #6
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While I'm waiting for those corner parts I'm finishing replacing the troublesome turbo cooling lines with better more flexible slightly thicker impreganated micro hose pipes using the correct 21mm ear hose clips that are tightened with the special pliers provided in the kit, which don't over tighten the hose and finishing off with gold coloured tubular 5 inch long cloth type heat proof spark plug leads protectors, and... below those are silver heat proof rolled cut to size blankets that cover the hoses, so now you have twin layer protection. The old two middle hoses were almost rock hard and came off in pieces being careful not to score the ally pipes with the upturned Stanley box knife I was using.

The German name for these hose clips is Oetkiter and the originals were 18.5 mm but you'll never get them on or with great difficulty so the 21mm ones slip on easy onto the hoses (using a tiny amount of vaseline to ease the hoses over the pipes...no jokes please!) and tighten up just right without mashing the hose ends. If you ignore this service leaking coolant gets onto the rear of the turbos and can damage other components if excessive.

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