I have replaced leaky sections of the metal pipes with heavy duty radiator hose I obtained at a "big truck" supply house. Still going strong after 5 years.
Tom
-----Original Message----- From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sat, Apr 9, 2016 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Replacement of coolant Would this be the "Marine exhaust hose" I seem to remember reading about? Would the presumed flexibility allow one to install it w/o dropping the gas tank? A radiator is male and the coolant manifold on a Subie engine is male. :-) Larry A.
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 1:15 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote: > Pipes have male ends, hoses have female ends. They join nicely. > If you replace a pipe with a hose you need to convert both ends of the > hose to male so they join like the pipe did. > > Yes, there is hose some of us have used to replace the long pipes. It > isn't that much cheaper once you add in the converters and extra clamps. > > Mark > > > David Bohannan wrote: > >> Has anyone tried using rubber lines from a "roll" used for big trucks?? >> >> I just found a crack on the front of one of my white pipes...I know >> what's next... >> >> Dave >> >> |
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