I've just had a look under the bonnet and my 'new' intake elbow seal is already becoming shredded! This is the third one I've gone through now in less than two years of ownership
Was wondering if my bodge-plan would work to use some long strips of rubber (maybe a bike tyre innertube?) to wrap around and use some kind of rubber sealant to fix the damn thing in place. There is obviously the issue with the temperatures generated in the engine bay, so does anyone have any idea what, if any, rubber and sealant could be used for this? I'm finding that the plactic tabs that should wrap around the rubber seal starts to slip out of the clamp. The clamp itself then goes and rips through the rubber seal rendering it useless! Hopefully adding extra rubber should cause the taps to sit further apart and then the clamp wont slip off?
The alternative and less cost effective way would be to do what Swinks has done and manufacture one of my own, but I cant afford to do that just at the moment. Need a quick fix as I dont want to be driving and lose the pipe all of a sudden and roll to a stop!