Identify the component

[Rockburner]

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Wots dis fing?

I found it under my car this morning, but not sure it's off the car because it's absolutely pristine.

[Ditchfinder]

Brake pad retaining clip?

[Ditchfinder]

Or part of a watch bracelet

[KungFooBob]

I think it's a piece of trim off a jubilee clamp.

Like inside this one...

[cheb]

Probably what KFB said, I can't see the picture he posted.

60-80mm Norma T Bolt clamp. Part number 4:

[KungFooBob]

It's this I think...

[cheb]

They grip really well cylindrically over their limited size range. You have to suit the clamp to the hose. I used them on my biodiesel plant, much better then the usual Jubilee clip, but more expensive.

[KungFooBob]

https://shop.normagroup.com/de_en/norma ... 08070.html

[cheb]

KFB is righter than me.

My van's intercooler hoses use the type KFB has shown.

[cheb]

Might be stainless, have you tried a magnet on it?

[Silly Car]

Clearly it is a pingfuckit otherwise it wouldn’t be loose under your car.

[Rockburner]

I'm now wondering where it might have come from.

As said, it's absolutely pristine, which makes me think it's NOT come from something under the bonnet.

If it's a tension spring from a jubilee clip, that would indicate that (if it came from the car), there's now a loose bit of pipe somewhere....

[KungFooBob]

Is does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

If so it could be from an intercooler hose clip.

[Mr. Dazzle]

does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

It used to.

[Rockburner]

Is does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

If so it could be from an intercooler hose clip.

Errrr, it's a VW Eos 1.4 TSI.... So.... Possibly?

[KungFooBob]

Is does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

If so it could be from an intercooler hose clip.

Errrr, it's a VW Eos 1.4 TSI.... So.... Possibly?

TSI = Turbocharged Stratified Injection.

I'd give it a really good boot on a quiet stretch of road, see if it's lacking any performance (an getting terrible MPG).

[cheb]

If an intercooler pipe pipe has come loose you'll know about it without giving it a boot because it'll whistle or chuff like a good 'un and it will probably make the EGM light come on.

[KungFooBob]

But the pipe might not have come off yet.

Without the clip, if he gives it a good boot it will

[Rockburner]

Is does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

If so it could be from an intercooler hose clip.

Errrr, it's a VW Eos 1.4 TSI.... So.... Possibly?

TSI = Turbocharged Stratified Injection.

I'd give it a really good boot on a quiet stretch of road, see if it's lacking any performance (an getting terrible MPG).

Hmmmm

The air-valve that controls intake from either the super- or turbo-charger is already behaving like a teenager, so maybe it's time to get the thing properly looked at

[cheb]

But the pipe might not have come off yet.

Without the clip, if he gives it a good boot it will

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