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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.

Brake pad retaining clip?

Or part of a watch bracelet

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

Like inside this one...

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

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

It's this I think...

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.

KFB is righter than me.

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

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

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

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....

Is does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

If so it could be from an intercooler hose clip.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:22 pm does your car have an intercooled turbo engine?

It used to.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:22 pm 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?

Rockburner wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:07 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:22 pm 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).

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.

But the pipe might not have come off yet.

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

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:10 pm

Rockburner wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:07 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:22 pm 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

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:17 pm 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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