Intercooler Hoses

[CAT_SPEW]

Just went down to watch my car on the dyno, and it is having problems with the hoses blowing off.

Is their anything that I can use to help them stay on better?

Already going to get stronger clamps, but is there some sort of glue or some other way to make them stay on better???

[cerci]

hey man maby there blowing off for a reason?

when i put my cooler in and took my afta market bov out, the pipes blew off on boost, too much presure!

i thought my stock bov was fine but lookd at it and it was blockd, fixd it and the piping never comes off

does ur car flutter heaps loud?

[CAT_SPEW]

I think you might have just fixed my problem!! I have a Blitz BOV on the car, but I think it is wound up very tight. It does go off slightly when changing gears, but it ALWAYS flutters and isn't very quiet so that might be my problem.

[cerci]

yea i was using a blitz 1, it was fine but the previous owner blockd off the standard r33 bov to put that blitz 1 in down near the pod filter

yea im sure its ur prob i had heaps loud fluuter, thought it was cool until the piping on the right side blew off...

[R33S2]

I can think of a number of ways to stop piping coming off and if your BOV is OK you might try

1. longer pipe sleeve and two clamps

2. roll a ridge in the pipe so the clamp has a bite point

3. Run a bead of weld around pipe as in 2

4. Bush mech a self tapper through both LOL

Good luck and what Boost R U running?

[Duncan]

there are also a better style of hose clamp you can use, they use a big bolt to hold the two sides of clamp together they can be done up really tight. Tridon are one brand that make em, get the from Pirtek

but you also need a good lip on the pipe to hold it, a lot of cheap aftermarket ones dont bother with the lip.

[mr 32]

if your running more then 1.1 bar on the stock rubber hoses it is a common thing for the hoses to blow off. the most effective way to fix it is with a hks piping kit or similiar kit

[CAT_SPEW]

Thanks for all the replies, after thinking a bit more abotu it I don't think it would be my BOV being too tight (don't have a stock BOV) because they are blowing off while under acceleration/boost, not when realeasing air.

Welding a lip onto the pipe sounds like a good idea, and I already have a few of the good clamps, so I will get a few more where needed and see how I go. Boost atm has been either 12.5 or 16Psi

[cerci]

16psi???

what esle have u done 2 ur car

stock turbo?

stock ecu?

are u a member of nissansilvia.com, think ive seen ya nick name

[R31Nismoid]

its got nothing to do with a BOV.

its the piping/clamps only.

You probably need more lip welded onto the edges of each pipe to help the clamp hold on where the hose meets.

Also install better clamps on those points at the same time.

You can get the clamps from Hose Fitting places, Enzed, Purple Pig... and other specialist stores.