[V8] coolant hose

[Ed Kellock]

That's sort of what I'm thinking about except that the pinhole leak is too
close to the metal pipe at the engine.  I may have to cut some off and come
up with some new hose.  

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Seamus O'Carey
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:11 PM
To: v8
Subject: Re: [V8] coolant hose


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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