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Old 22-07-2005, 10:28 PM
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hi, fitted some new samco boost hoses today after my old ones were looking a bit tired, i noticed that the one what goes from the inlet of the turbo to the metering unit, looked abit squashed in the middle, anybody else has this problem, car boosts ok, but dont like the look of it!
Old 22-07-2005, 11:19 PM
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had a problem with that 1 on mine when i last had it set up car would not boost no more than 14 psi as hose was on wrong way round but if u have not got no probs it must be ok it do look like its on wrong though..
Old 23-07-2005, 01:36 AM
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Had this on mine m8.. All i did was trim about 1cm off.. it helped abit but still looked abit kinked....crap ey
Old 23-07-2005, 07:50 AM
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had problem like this with mine, had to also cut about 1-2cm off to make it fit properly.
Also the little tiny bit of samco that goes from the crossover pipe (attached to the rocker cover) onto the inlet manifold was far too long, ended up cutting it in half to make it fit and look nice!

Strange when they say these things are an exact fit replacement!
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mine looked a bit kinked too, sum 1 has trimmed it b4 tho, and it needed rotating slightly to make it a smooth fit
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mine kinked, not been trimmed and boosts 18psi no problem
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mines is a bit squashed in the middle but boosts to 18psi without no problems
Old 23-07-2005, 10:33 AM
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Yeah had the same prob,just trimmed the end's a bit,easy .Regards Micky
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yeah i had to trim my old ones a bit, but didnt think i would have to as they say direct replacement!

thanks for your help lads
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Don't forget this hose only fits on one way!!! Its very easy to get it fitted back to front which will end up kinking it in the middle.

If you notive the inlet to the turbo is on an angle upwards...if you hold the hose up ni the air it will become obvious which way round it fits!! [Although you may STILL need to do some trimming]
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mine kinked as well when I fitted it I have put 3 jubilee clips around the kinked area and this has sorted it, lovely and round now
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i had same prob went to a friend and got him to make up some stainless steel tubing , cut the hose in half ,and fitted the steel tube inside the hose problem solved and no kinked hose + it dont collapse under high boost anymore ( 18psi)
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