[V8] Low mile V8 and Best Rubber Glue?

[Tony and Lillie]

Ingo still had a couple from a group buy, don't know if he has any left. 
ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com

I don't know that I'd be trying to glue that one at all. You might put 
something in the inside of the hose that can help you temporary, but I'd be 
replacing that. On that note, I had also thought of builking one out of 
alluminum pipe/welding and just have the ends rubber hose splices. I bet you 
could build one for about $150 or maybe less if you have good friends that 
can weld alluminum. then, just the ends would need replacement, and it would 
be incredibly cheap compared to the factory one.

I had also thought about doing this with copper, but I'm not sure about 
mixing dissimilar metals like that, not sure if that would promote 
corrosion, since the coolant is a pretty good conductor.

HTH,
Tony

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Subject: Re: [V8] Low mile V8 and Best Rubber Glue?


> Prepare to experience the thrill of paying for Audi Engineering!
> This hose was well over $100 last time I looked.  Depending on where
> the hole is, you may be able to cut the hose and install a splice/
> repair kit, but even if that worked, you should expect another failure
> soon since the rubber is starting to dry out and crack.  All of the
> water hoses are molded on this car (and most newer cars I suppose) so
> they are prone to failure and expensive to fix.
>
> Dave