Replacement Water Hose Question & Thoughts. - Page 2

MG Tom · 19th December 2013, 02:26

I've replaced all hoses on mine with rubber-lined silicone items. Many of mine had gone porous or had been chafed.

More info in my project thread.

Roverite · 19th December 2013, 14:48

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Originally Posted by lovema75

Would'nt it be possible to just replace it with straight rubber pipes, suitably located?

Possibly, certainly that's what we used to do in the old days, but the pipework is more complicated on some of our cars and it would probably look a bit messy.

Roverite.

Roverite · 19th December 2013, 14:51

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Originally Posted by lovema75

Or (and perhaps this would be disasterous chemically) make them out of copper piping?

Doesn't X-part already supply a stainless steel replacement for the V6?

Roverite.

PS Just noticed the link above. Many thanks.

Roverite · 22nd December 2013, 12:34

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Originally Posted by MG Tom

I've replaced all hoses on mine with rubber-lined silicone items. Many of mine had gone porous or had been chafed.

More info in my project thread.

Many thanks, I have just looked at the link and am amazed at the 'stuff' they do. It appears that you would have to make up the hoses from pipe and bends; is that what you did, or do they list pre-made hose kits?

There have been some interesting comments on this subject, so thank you to all that responded. My personal conclusion is that we could be entering a period of rubber hose deterioration on our R40s, therefore I shall replace with the best available (probably silicone), in the near future, unless I am forced to do so earlier, due to a failure.

Roverite.

Dragrad · 23rd December 2013, 00:05

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