Re: 5kCSQ turbo water cooling line alternatives

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

At 16:02 10.04.98 -0700, Buchholz, Steven wrote:

>The problem is that the price of the upper hose is ~$70, and the lower
>is about twice that.  It seems to me that all I should need to do is to
>hack off the "permanent fitting" and replace the hose with another short
>section of hose, attached with a hose clamp.  I would simply go ahead
>with this idea, except that the end of the line would not be likely to
>be swaged out to help hold the clamp in place ... so I'm a bit
>concerned.  Has anyone BTDT with these lines?  If so, did you make any
>attempt to enlarge the end of the line to help to make it hold?

BTDT with the upper hose. I simply cut the old permanent crimp with a
chisel and secured the new hose with hose clamps. I didn't enlarge the end
of the line. I think the pressure in the cooling system is low enough that
the friction force created by a tightened hose clamp is more than
sufficient to hold the hose in place. It's been working fine for almost two
years.



Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)