skabaru

2.8 kids, maybe 12v only, your vacuum lines... are there hose clamps on em? or not?

Mr.D-'97 A4q 12v

The small ones on the top of the intake plenum, no clamps. I used zipties when I replaced them.

moribundman

I don't think you need clamps, at least not if you use OEM rubber vac hoses. Rubber shrinks with age, and the hose kind of bakes onto the hose barb over time. It can be pretty hard to pull an old hose off, sometimes the hose will break, but it is still stuck on the barb.

I'm not sure if silicone hoses need clamps or ties. Silicone is a pretty slippery material, so I guess ties would be good as long as they are not overly tight.

skabaru

thanks guys... just checking, being a turbo guy that sounds so wrong...

Yippers®

Not much likelyhood of a hose blowing off on a NA vacuum line

Dead

of course not.