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TPU will probably work as an alternative to a (hard) rubber around room temperature, but it's elastic properties will change rapidly with increasing temperature. A car engine bay will easily exceed 50°C, where your printed TPU reducer will have the mechanical properties of jelly.
Could you use a 3D printed mould to cast the part in silicone?