Hose had just become unclipped apparently - might have been something I could have fixed myself I guess, assuming I could find it. Garage (Meads of Melksham) didn't charge.
Good, easy fix. The factory hose clamps on the boost pipes on most turbo cars are designed for ease of assembly on the production line rather than long-term robustness.
VW group cars used to use a C-clip system which allowed the boost hoses a fair bit of 'wiggle' where the hoses mounted on the stubs, my old Passat started blowing off the hose from turbo to intercooler on a regular basis because the 'ears' on the hose had got fretted away a little and the clip couldn't hold the hose in place properly. Give me a proper T-bolt screw clamp any day.
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