[T3] What would I use to repair a small tear in the oil bath rubber intake tube?

[William Jahn]

I have the clamp of the type that has a release lever which is stock . It's
on the end on the oil bath , if I leave it off then the rubber oval tube
will not hold secure or seal well . The problem is when I remove the oil
bath it comes off first at the IAD and with all the other hoses off and
that clamp off that rubber tube is still over the oil bath port and come
off easy. The issue it getting it back on the rubber tube on one side
catches since I guide it one there first and that's what after decades
caused the small split . Perhaps I've been doing it wrong maybe I should
have squeezed the small bellows on that rubber oval tube yet it always
seemed a bit on the stiff side and I didn't want to break it there. I used
to use a sort of metal hook to get it over the oil bath end so it wouldn't
catch on the oil bath ports edge.

William

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:24 AM, Mike Fisher <fisherfarms at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lasts better if you just leave off the clamp on one end.
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 8:57 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > On 16 Jul 2018 at 19:47, William Jahn wrote:
> >
> > >  On a FI type 3 . The rubber oval tube that connects the oil bath air
> > > intake to the metal oval duct . It has been tearing a bit where the
> clamp
> > > needs to be removed to remove the oil bath . It's not missing any
> section
> > > it's just a break in the rubber , more of a slit . The clamp seems to
> > hold
> > > it together I just want to prevent it from getting worse. I know it's
> > there to
> > > only allow cool outside air through the filter into the IAD rather than
> > hot
> > > engine air. would silicone work or is something else better?
> >
> > Super Glue, CA, is your best option. You'll have to get the rubber
> > really clean, devoid of all oil. Make the bond line as thin as
> > possible. Use the minimum amount of CA possible.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you'd be disappointed with silicone here.
> >
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