[KaowM]

Hi. Need some help. I'm not too familiar with engines. Have a stock M2.

This morning while accelerating uphill, my car made a thud and lost power. After limping home, I popped the hood and noticed a tube was loose. Internet research led me to believe this was the chargepipe coming off. Seems this is an issue.

So I put it back on and tried to get the connection as snug as possible. Car drives normally now but when looking at the connection, there looks to be a gap.

Does this seem like the normal connection or did I miss something when placing the chargepipe back on? Or do you think there is a crack? Any other advice?

Attaching a couple pics.

Thanks for the help!

[cecaa850]

Did you hear the clip snap into place when you seated the pipe?

[KaowM]

Originally Posted by cecaa850

Did you hear the clip snap into place when you seated the pipe?

I think so. Not too convincing on that... I used a screwdriver to release the clip, then seated the pipe and pressed the clip back on.

I tried to pull it down and it didn't come off.

I guess I assumed the connection would look clean and snug.

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by KaowM

I think so. Not too convincing on that... I used a screwdriver to release the clip, then seated the pipe and pressed the clip back on.

I tried to pull it down and it didn't come off.

I guess I assumed the connection would look clean and snug.

Hard to tell from pics but almost looks crooked, I would imagine it would be hard to install crooked tho, I would Unclip it, inspect the pipe the best you can, there's an o ring inside the pipe, make sure that is in place, it'll make sense when you see it, apply a little oil to the o ring inside the pipe, and try to push it back on with a little wiggling, it should snap into place, lock the clip and should be good to go if nothing is broken

[a4nut]

And buy an after market, metal charge pipe. That plastic one will break; they all do.

[KaowM]

Cool. I'll inspect it a little closer and check the o ring.

And I'll go aftermarket if anything broken. But I don't want to start going down that road unless I need to cuz I can see it heading to doing other things...

Thanks all for the help.

[3t3p]

Have to admit I have an aftermarket CP a forge and it is securely on but ever so slightly at an angle. I'm not having any boost leak or performance problems just assume there's some play there?

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by a4nut

And buy an after market, metal charge pipe. That plastic one will break; they all do.

+1 its only a matter of time before stock CP fully breaks, even on a fully stock car.

[MTWO]

Stock CP is the first thing to replace