What are these clips called?

FBi7 · 16 Dec 2020 at 10:56

...and where can I buy them?

https://ibb.co/hcnHnJv

These are used for clipping the water pipes to the heater matrix in a 09 plate Peugeot 308. One of the pipes came off the other morning, mid overtake of a HGV, in the pitch dark, filling the passenger compartment with steam and hot water!

Went to a French car dealership this morning and they said the clips come with the pipes and that'd be £120!

Been round a few car parts shops this morning too and they weren't much use either.

Thanks,

FB..

Diddums · 16 Dec 2020 at 11:09

Have you got a photo of what it clips on to for context? I'd be looking at maybe a jubilee clip or something tbh.

jpaul · 16 Dec 2020 at 11:32

how did the clip come off, undue pressurization ? did the pipe collar it was gripping on break ? was it correctly installed ?

bend it slightly ? or wrap a jubilee clip around it in the horizontal plane of picture

FBi7 · 16 Dec 2020 at 11:42

Diddums said:
Have you got a photo of what it clips on to for context? I'd be looking at maybe a jubilee clip or something tbh.

https://ibb.co/YLb2L3y

The clip grips around two different diameter flanged pipes to form a union, one pipe is the hot water from the engine coolant, the other is the flow/water in to the heater matrix.

jpaul said:
how did the clip come off, undue pressurization ? did the pipe collar it was gripping on break ? was it correctly installed ?

bend it slightly ? or wrap a jubilee clip around it in the horizontal plane of picture

Not sure how it came off, I think the pressure as the clip was still in situ-ish, however I forget if it remained on the matrix or the pipe. Potentially not fitted correctly, been doing some work on the heating lately, however, now fitted correctly doesn't create a watertight seal/some play in the union.

Diddums · 16 Dec 2020 at 11:49

What a stupid design. How the hell that passed scrutiny is amazing.

I'd refix it and stick a jubilee clip around it.

FBi7 · 16 Dec 2020 at 12:02

Diddums said:
How the hell that passed scrutiny is amazing.

It's French

Diddums said:
I'd refix it and stick a jubilee clip around it.

Not sure how I could use a jubilee clip to join the two pipes together?

Dis86 · 16 Dec 2020 at 12:03

I'd get a connector and 2 jubilee clips. That clip is a total P.O.S.

koooowweeee · 16 Dec 2020 at 12:04

I think you'd struggle to get a clip like that. Jubilee or a few cable ties would sort it.

chief barker · 17 Dec 2020 at 16:15

FBi7 said:
...and where can I buy them?

https://ibb.co/hcnHnJv

These are used for clipping the water pipes to the heater matrix in a 09 plate Peugeot 308. One of the pipes came off the other morning, mid overtake of a HGV, in the pitch dark, filling the passenger compartment with steam and hot water!

Went to a French car dealership this morning and they said the clips come with the pipes and that'd be £120! Been round a few car parts shops this morning too and they weren't much use either.

Thanks,

FB..

Are these the correct parts?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-...689110?hash=item34192d27d6:g:tEYAAOSwFuJd1rse

Seems like the clips are green plastic in your second picture as in the set i've linked to..

Diddums · 18 Dec 2020 at 06:46

FBi7 said:
It's French

Not sure how I could use a jubilee clip to join the two pipes together?

Pop it back on the two pipes, the way it's meant to be, and then pop a jubilee clip over it to hold it in place.

FBi7 · 18 Dec 2020 at 14:31

chief barker said:
Are these the correct parts?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-...689110?hash=item34192d27d6:g:tEYAAOSwFuJd1rse

Seems like the clips are green plastic in your second picture as in the set i've linked to..

I don't think so. The green in my second pic seems to be an insulation type foam used as a kind of PTFE tape to seal the input to the matrix.

Diddums said:
Pop it back on the two pipes, the way it's meant to be, and then pop a jubilee clip over it to hold it in place.

That's not going to work, sadly.

Thanks anyway lads.