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Inlet Manifold Clamp replacements
- Phil-E30
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Hi guys,
For anyone that has done the throttle/ICV valve clean or TPS change, you will have come across the horrible grip clamp things BMW have used to secure the hoses in place. I intended to replace all of these with jubliee clips whilst doing this job, any thoughts on that? Has anyone else ditched those woeful clamps? I spoke to a bloke at the stealer parts dept. today and he said "all our guys do it" when I asked if they replaced the shite ones with jubliee clips!
Thanks!
For anyone that has done the throttle/ICV valve clean or TPS change, you will have come across the horrible grip clamp things BMW have used to secure the hoses in place. I intended to replace all of these with jubliee clips whilst doing this job, any thoughts on that? Has anyone else ditched those woeful clamps? I spoke to a bloke at the stealer parts dept. today and he said "all our guys do it" when I asked if they replaced the shite ones with jubliee clips!
Thanks!
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Not done it on mine, but did it on a friends M3, and it worked, just be careful not to foul the throttle linkage with them
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Cheers Steve. I'll take care on where I put the jubilee clip tensioner bit. Figured it'd be far easier than using those shocking clamp things again, the fact BMW mechs don't even use them says a lot....
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If you want to keep it OEM look you could order the M5 airbox side clamps which are jubilee with a nice bmw logo on it. 50p each or so from recollection.
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That's a great shout Tom. Ahead of actually doing the work, do I need 6 clips or 12? I see two metal bands on the hoses in some pictures.
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Just the 6.
As Steve says, be slightly mindful of I think it is cylinder three and it's throttle linkage.
As Steve says, be slightly mindful of I think it is cylinder three and it's throttle linkage.
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Cheers Tom. Will let you know once all finished!
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Hi Tom,TomK wrote:Just the 6.
As Steve says, be slightly mindful of I think it is cylinder three and it's throttle linkage.
Sorry to ask more questions, but I was wondering if you knew:
- what size the 6 jubilee clips need to be for the manifold?
- how many (and what size) jubilee clips I need for the hoses attached to the ICV?
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ICV already had jubilee clips on it, shouldn't need replacing IIRC.
I got these from Amazon for the inlet, worked fine for me, maybe a bit more than the BMW ones though!
10 x Original Hoseclip 50-65mm (12mm band) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E5GV3R4/ ... zybB2A7R1X
I got these from Amazon for the inlet, worked fine for me, maybe a bit more than the BMW ones though!
10 x Original Hoseclip 50-65mm (12mm band) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E5GV3R4/ ... zybB2A7R1X
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Brilliant. Cheers for that Andy.
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Would I need a special tool to remove the existing proprietary BMW clamps?
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I just forced them off with a flat blade screwdriver.
Doesn't matter if you butcher them if you are going to replace them
Doesn't matter if you butcher them if you are going to replace them
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http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/tools ... 34&&t5_437Babw wrote:Would I need a special tool to remove the existing proprietary BMW clamps?
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i use worm clamps here...
they need careful alignment but work well..... you can just see the lead clamps on the front TB and their position. They hold pressure well, and i haven't Re-Tq'd in a year, still holding 8.5lbs of boost...
they need careful alignment but work well..... you can just see the lead clamps on the front TB and their position. They hold pressure well, and i haven't Re-Tq'd in a year, still holding 8.5lbs of boost...
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