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[Nick W]

FWIW the heater pipes on a W124 Mercedes are a rubber pipe fitting over the metal pipe, admittedly with a "swollen" section... then held with a jubilee clip. Its not an unusual way to fit heater pipes IME.

It's the (alleged/theoretical) superiority of the spring versus Jubilee clip that is in question. My opinion is that the spring clip's advantages are purely production oriented which all disappear once  they are removed.

[LC0112G]

Well - a surprisingly easy fix which will hopefully hold till I've got less time. However, if you see a Mica grey OB Elite steaming at the side of the A303/M3 tomorrow morning then you'll know who it is.

One of these as opposed to a Jubilee would make it permanent

I normally hate those fekking things. Without the correct tool they can be a real git to fit and remove. However, in this instance they probably would have made things easier because getting to the screw on a jubilee clamp on the heater matrix pipework is a bit of a git - the access angles are all wrong.