Major Coolant Loss

[sarg]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Interesting failure. I've not seen that happen before.

And now you've seen it twice

[steamship]

Originally Posted by sarg

EDIT I too have a hole in my pipe BMW is coming to another meet by the looks of things

Have you managed to remove the pipe, and if so, what size hole are we talking about?

Originally Posted by sarg

And now you've seen it twice

It must be like buses. You never see one, and then all of a sudden...

[sarg]

Originally Posted by steamship

Have you managed to remove the pipe, and if so, what size hole are we talking about?

I've got the airbox and gubbins out, got pipe #9 off, had a feel around bottom pipe #11 and can feel the hole, and could see some coolant dripping straight through it before it reaches the opening - need to get underneath again, but I'd say hole is about 5-6mm - more will likely be revealed once I get the pipe #11 off

I removed the clip at the front, holding #9 on to #11, with regular pliers, but I'm not entirely convinced my clip here is OEM, it looks a little different to the diagrams. EDIT: looks the same as the ebay items so maybe is OEM

The MAF connection I sorted, was just being a noob, realised the plug unclips rather than having to unscrew the socket.

Are you saying that once the rear clip is loosened, a bit of force and wiggling should bring the metal pipe out?

As for the meet, it's only about 10 days away, and I am dependent on parts arriving, which I have not yet sourced all of, so with the best of intentions, if it's still in bits awaiting parts, then it's still in bits - the clips for example, are about 4 weeks' lead time - I might be able to reuse existing one, or replace with jubilee clips, will try that before ordering them

[steamship]

Originally Posted by sarg

but I'd say hole is about 5-6mm - more will likely be revealed once I get the pipe #11 off

and I am dependent on parts arriving, which I have not yet sourced all of

That was about the size of mine, plus a smaller one under the rubber pipe #9.

MJ was able to offer me a replacement pipe at short notice. Not sure if she'll have any available.

I ordered the clips from eBay and the tools from Amazon, and with living in NI, it takes several days longer than on the mainland.

[sarg]

Originally Posted by steamship

That was about the size of mine, plus a smaller one under the rubber pipe #9.

MJ was able to offer me a replacement pipe at short notice. Not sure if she'll have any available.

I ordered the clips from eBay and the tools from Amazon, and with living in NI, it takes several days longer than on the mainland.

MJ has offered a replacement on basis I can provide a decent condition (i.e. no holes!) item from abroad to get re-powder coated, so am onto that, waiting on MJ to confirm she can post me one

And no response yet from Prestige about rubber pipe #9 - do you have a part number, can look on ebay? Mine 'looks' ok, but concerned the rubber might have got a bit hard and contributed to the leak which contributed to the rotting, so while I'm in there might as well replace if I can get a new spare

[steamship]

Originally Posted by sarg

And no response yet from Prestige about rubber pipe #9 - do you have a part number, can look on ebay? Mine 'looks' ok, but concerned the rubber might have got a bit hard and contributed to the leak which contributed to the rotting, so while I'm in there might as well replace if I can get a new spare

Part number is 4D0121101T. I didn't replace mine as it looked fine, but that's only my opinion.

Both the following have them listed, but both in Germany, so obvious delays in getting them here:

Audi Tradition (issues with sending to the UK, but Dean (Spanker) offers a service, which I had to avail of: https://shops.audi.com/en_GB/web/tra...erm=4D0121101T

Original Teilemarket.de (have also used these people and very good - just need to check shipping costs and charges for 'legacy products' - I think they might source stuff from Audi Tradition, but it's just a thought): https://originalteilemarkt.de/schlauch-3105481

Only other one I can find is a used one in the US on eBay.

[sarg]

Originally Posted by steamship

Part number is 4D0121101T. I didn't replace mine as it looked fine, but that's only my opinion.

Both the following have them listed, but both in Germany, so obvious delays in getting them here:

Audi Tradition (issues with sending to the UK, but Dean (Spanker) offers a service, which I had to avail of: https://shops.audi.com/en_GB/web/tra...erm=4D0121101T

Original Teilemarket.de (have also used these people and very good - just need to check shipping costs and charges for 'legacy products' - I think they might source stuff from Audi Tradition, but it's just a thought): https://originalteilemarkt.de/schlauch-3105481

Only other one I can find is a used one in the US on eBay.

Thanks Sean, if Prestige can supply for anything close to the Tradition price, then its worth it IMO, will chase them by phone tomorrow