Full boost and vacuum hose replacement kits?

[SynapticA4TQM]

Is there a place that sells hose kits to replace all vacuum and boost related hoses/tubes?

[RoadRage]

ECS sells a vacuum system repair kit

and 034 has a real nice silicon breather hose kit

[Mad Cow]

Don't bother with ECS kits, they're so overpriced it's hilarious. I mean look at this one, it's a bit pof vacuum hose, a check valve, some tees, and some clamps for nearly $90. That's no more than $30 worth of parts that you could get at any parts store. 034's silicone breather lines are really nice, but so completely unnecessary too. Unless you plan on driving the car another 10 years and 200k stock replacement hoses will outlast the rest of the car.

For vacuum lines just piece it together yourself, not hard at all. If you're going to get into the breather system, have everything ready to replace because taking it all apart will probably break some parts that weren't already broken.

[SynapticA4TQM]

I see your point Mad Cow, but I figure there better chance for the car to last 10 more years if it's able to run correctly... And I completely agree with you about most of ECS's stuff. It's quite easy to find the same stuff for substantially less from other vendors. Now if ECS's stuff was exhaustively complete with amazing support and shipping time, higher cost might be a little justified, but from what I've see and heard, I don't feel like that's the case.

Edit: didn't see the last part of your reply at first Mad. One reason I was interested in a kit, was to try to ensure I didn't miss anything. I'm sure between EKTA and observation, I could probably get it sorted out.

[RoadRage]

I agree that kit is OP. But it is the genuine replacement parts from Audi. They have the generic kit too and it's half that price. But if all you need is replacement hose, you can get it anywhere.

[Mad Cow]

When I redid my lines I bought a fitting set, a handful of clamps and vacuum lines from a parts store. Ended up with more than enough to redo everything. Those parts store vacuum fittings are trash though, they break as soon as you look at them wrong. I actually ended up cutting out a bunch of fittings and check valves from junkyard cars and carefully pulling the hoses off at home because I got so sick of breaking fittings and wanted to have a bunch of extras.

[fed0ra]

Just go to a parts store and buy some vacuum hose in various sizes or go through somewhere like siliconeintakes.com (I like to buy my hoses from them). Pick some clamps off of Amazon (you can get massive packs of really high quality brands for cheap) and have at it. The check valves you can get pretty much anywhere but if you want OEM or OEM copies then I would suggest FCP or Amazon. I think I bought mine on FCP.

For the breather system, I really liked the 034 kit, though I had issues with their billet PCV valve. Everything fit perfectly and I'm not so afraid that the hoses are going to rip like the stock ones. Sure, age and heat were probably the cause but the silicone hoses feel much sturdier.

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

That Kit is a Genuine VW/Audi vacuum hose repair kit. This is the same thing you could find at the dealer. And you would see our pricing wouldn't be far off from what you would expect to pay them.

We also have our ECS vacuum hose repair kit which is a lot less expensive and basically includes all of the same pieces.

Click HERE

We also have great customer service as well as excellent customer technical support (myself) feel free to talk any of the many AZ members that have delt with me and their experiences.

If you have any other questions feel free to send me a PM.

Jason

[A1 A2 German]

Go to BAP, which is now Advance Autoparts (something like that).

They have Made In Germany braided nylon line, the stuff looks fantastic! Building the most expensive nicest set up, I'd use this stuff, it looks better then oem....but still oem.

Have the following done:

-Brake booster line
-FPR line
-DV line
-Coolant line
-The full evap emission system, and dropped it below the motor along the subframe so all hidden

http://www.corsportusa.com/content/i...ackradhose.jpg

[coolgraymemo]

It would be really helpful if someone knew how many feet/meters of each hose to buy. I know there are two or three different diameters used on 1.8T.

[pbcrazy]

It would be really helpful if someone knew how many feet/meters of each hose to buy. I know there are two or three different diameters used on 1.8T.

For vacuum lines they are all practically 3.5mm. Most people but like 4-5 feet of silicone 3.5mm and couple t clamps for under $20. I use ECS a lot but $50+ for a hose, 3 plastic ts, and a check valve? Lol.

[A1 A2 German]

It would be really helpful if someone knew how many feet/meters of each hose to buy. I know there are two or three different diameters used on 1.8T.

Well you would buy in person so helps take size guess work out as you walk it in. Most vac sources come from the manifold, and all sold per foot so if the dv is 1.5' away from where you'd plug into for a vac source you'd buy 2'. All I did was take a 4' hose, layed it out from the manifold to what ever item and record on a sheet.* I then cut a 1" sample of hose to know size and taped it to a sheet next to it's length.

I got like 2' 2.5mm, 2' 4mm, 2' 10mm & 1' 12mm for brake booster or what ever (exsample). Nothing I bought was like 3.5-4' (aside from replacing whole evap system and hiding it along the subframe...10'-12' or whatever).

[BlueBoostedAudi]

Ive been thinking of using Hose candy for all my hoses. Anyone have any experience w these?
I know its expensive for some hose but it would look alot cleaner!