[Vwdiesel] radiator hose question

[James Hansen]

If you can't move anything all you can do is put a wear plate on it.  Use a
chunk of pvc (black water line.. hose)or other soft hose similar or better
is to be slightly smaller in size to the rad hose.  cut it in a spiral, and
wind it on the rad hose in the right spot. Hold it there with a zip tie.
cheap, and works.   I use all kinds of this on the machinery... it isn't
built to not rub hoses through very well, and they are a few hundred a pop,
plus cause downtime,  plus may kill off the owner if wrong place and wrong
time.
-James

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Scott Alexander
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:11 PM
To: vwdiesel list
Subject: [Vwdiesel] radiator hose question


My radiator recently rotted out and so I replaced it.  Of course the new
one is slightly different than the old one and one of the results seems
to be that the lower radiator hose is near a bolt head one the A/C
compressor.  The result of this was that the bolt finally managed to rub
through the hose the other day causing a decent leak in the hose.  I've
replaced the hose but the new one seems perilously close to the same
bolt.  Has anyone dealt with this successfully?  The car is an '82
Rabbit Diesel with all those extra hoses running around the engine
compartment like A/C, power steering, etc.

Thanks,
Scott Alexander
Warren, NJ
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Scott Alexander <salex at dsl.cis.upenn.edu>

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