[V8] coolant hose

[Seamus O'Carey]

Someone had done this on my Corrado when I got it.  Basically they just cut
the radiator hose and put a plastic tube in there with an outside diameter
roughly similar to the inside diameter of the hoses.  Then they just put a
band clamp at each end to hold it in place.  I drove it that way for about
10 years without any problems.

Seamus

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Ed Kellock <ed.kellock at msn.com> wrote:

> Have been losing coolant slowly for some time in the 1990 V8.  At least one
> of the two hoses that goes from the engine to the heater core is leaking.
>  I
> think it's just the feed hose, the upper one as seen at the back of the
> engine.  It looks like i has a pinhole leak.
>
> I'm wondering if I can "fix" it by cutting and splicing or if I should
> replace, and if so, how difficult a job that is.
>
> Anybody have any experience with this?
>
> Thanks!
> Ed
>
>
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