[urq] intercooler hose

[Justin]

Just to add a comment...I recently bought some Volvo turbo hoses from a
local junk yard...and it turns out that the Volvo 740 turbo's have the same
size hose..(and shape..) IC to throttle body as the UR's, it fits
perfectly!!
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ingo D. Rautenberg" <ingo at waratap.com>
To: <ekellock at adelphia.net>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] intercooler hose


> Ed,
>
> I wrote this up last August.  Hope it helps.
>
> -Ingo
>
>
> ... recently had my lower IC hose (turbo to IC) develop a tear at the
inside
> bend from the hose to the turbo (of course it was at the track, but that's
> another story).  I tried finding one from Bill Bennett's numbers, but
could
> not do so.
>
> However, I too, was lucky enough to peruse the vast inventory of a local
> auto parts place (had about 5x the amount of hoses as your local AutoZone)
> and found one that was just about perfect, and like Bill's, had the coiled
> spring inside (remove).  This hose is Goodyear #62072 and needs to be cut
> probably about 4" -- however I cut too much and ended up cutting the
> too-short hose and joining the pieces together with a 2" piece of exhaust
> pipe fitting (from AutoZone) and a few hose clamps, making sure to file
any
> rough edges before using.
>
> All is well in turbo land again.  Actually, it's even better than before,
> which tells me I had a slight rip before it really became noticeable.  The
> hose I replaced was approx. two years old, btw and I'm running 15 lbs
boost
> on stock WX motor.  There was only a trace of oil in the hose, btw.  The
new
> hose ran ~$22 including tax (~$30 for me with the pipe and extra clamps).
>
> HTH
>
> -Ingo
>
>
>
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