Roose Motorsport -full sets ordered, am I mad?

[Key Walshe]

Given all the leaks I've had from my car lately, whether it be boost leaks or just coolant leaks I've decided to take the plunge and replace the whole lot. The final straw was the turbo-intercooler hose splitting, and at a cost of £150+VAT from Audi I decided I couldn't afford to keep replacing pipes at these sorts of prices, aswell as the worry of which one is next to go, and then trying to find it when it does go!!

The car deserves better so, last week when looking around at prices and possibilities to repair/replace the hose (currently held together with super glue, puncture repair kit and lots of tape!) I was recommended Roose Motorsport. A good long look on their site, alot of thinking about it and a couple of calls to Paul there convinced me to take the plunge. All sets were ordered, boost, coolant and ancilliary, plus all stainless fitting kits aswell as a set for my bike (aprilia RS250 - that's 11yr old now and noticed one pipe was showing some wear). £520 later inc. postage and the deal was done... Paul was great to deal with, although if someone was handing that much over to me I'd be very accomodating too - but at a total saving of around £90 then I'm very happy, a great discount!

The parts should arrive next week, so I'll be fitting themnext weekend if the weather's nice - I'll post pics along the way if I can and report back! This means I should have some spare hoses if anybody needs any...?

I'm not sure whether I'm mad or not for spending that much money on 'pipes' - but I know deep down that it's a saving in the long run.... right?!? Or have I lost all senses



Pics above, Ancilliary, Boost, Coolant and the Aprilia ones in blue

[sjw185]

Have seen roose hoses in the flesh very nice
Roose are selling sets on ebay so im punting stuff on ebay to try and raise funds to get me some boost hoses

cheers

[Rusty]

I'm going to get water hoses of some description soon I think.

[Key Walshe]

Ste, his prices on ebay are the same as his site - if you're ordering a couple of kits or so he may do some discount. Paul was kind enough to offer 10% discount, free postage and packing and knocked some off the price of the clips too... I can't wait for them to arrive now!!

[dm80]

Must ...resist...

[Jamo]

Have to say I was impressed with Roose service and the quality of the hose, they are thicker than samco

[GazzaG60]

me too. looks like a nice bag of hoses hanging in my shed.

[HPmuirt]

me too. looks like a nice bag of hoses hanging in my shed.

What's your address and when will you next be out? :mischeif:

Cheers n

Si

[GazzaG60]

lol. its ......... they are behind the 300mm rear brake kit and the bbs rs2 rims.

[Key Walshe]

Ok, parts arrived on Friday afternoon just a week after ordering! Made up with the delivery time as he did 4sets in total, got the induction ones fitted on Friday afternoon and did the rest yesterday. Quite easy to do in the majority, except the ones coming to/from the heater, very fiddly as there's no room to manouvre but they went on. All parts fitted spot on with the right lengths and sizes.

Just one slight problem though, I have two bits left over (see pics below). One is a very short, small diameter pipe which I think may be part of the breather system just under the fuel rail on the right of the engine, but wanted to check first? The other is very similar looking to the throttle body pipe, but it doesn't have the small branch off pipe - I have no idea where this one goes, except it's maybe a variant of the TB pipe?

Anyways, anybody got any ideas where these 2 go?

[quattrostyle]

the one the second pic is for the Mark H mod

[Jas11n]

The one in the first picture looks to be the short orrible one under the water manifold.
It connects the thermostat housing to a steel pipe that runs to the back of the block and round the corner.
Pig to get to, but possible by unbolting and moving out of the way the PAS pump (no need to disconnect it altogether)

You can see in a thread I had on it >>>> Linky

[Key Walshe]

Cheer Jason, spot on once again! Would have taken me ages to find that little blighter, I think that can wait for a week or so now. Anyone know where the other hose goes? Is the Mark H reference a genuine comment lol

Quick thoughts on the car with the hoses too, its certainly running cooler, low to mid 80's now (coolant was changed recently too!) and its pulling fantastic. I can't remember if its better than when I first bought it, its run poor far too long to remember but its love all over again!

[Jas11n]

Mark H mod refers to Mr Mark Halligan who was the first to do away with Audi's o-ring seal where the intercooler attaches to the Cross member.
Mark used a short reducer hose instead and has been infamous ever since

[bluequattro]

they do sell individual pipes too
i emailed just for a turbo inlet pipe
they told me a price for a good one or a 2nds one with marks on it, think it was about £20 cheaper, the marks dont show up when you re driving do they!