Samco TBB bad mould??

[GrahamS4]

I don't think you can buy direct from Samco, try the Samco sport website for a list of resellers maybe or I expect a lot of the Audi tuners can source them for you.

I think the length looks better on your pipe mark, but I guess the angle could be a bit out. In my picture the pipe probably looks straighter as the top sensor has a metal bracket holding it in place pulling the pipe inline to an extent I reckon. Mark, if you look at the original TBB the "neck" if you like is also very short. A normal jubilee clip is way too big for the stock pipe so it's not surprising the samco is no greater, especially if trimmed to fit under the engine covers. I got an original clip from Audi to see what I got and for my 11p or whatever it was I got a one use only crimp clip (or whatever they are called).

I searched online for ages, motor factor after motor factor, hardware stores, even a hydraulics pipes and fitting specialist that happened to be close by and all I could find was normal width jubilee clips or single use crimp clips like the original item, which in the space available would be very hard to fit.

Then this weekend at the local country show at the tool stands, I found two jubilee type products both much thinner than an actual jubille clip for the given diameters. I bought a selection of course, mostly with the tbb in mind.

[MarkB]

So my replacement may be just as bad. Not heard anything from the shop so maybe they are making me a new one...