Re: chugging 5000cs

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <36511BAD.930C8E5E@bu.edu> "Daniel R. LeFebvre" writes:

> thanks to everyone who replied to me.  i checked the hose from the intercooler
> to the throttle body, and it does have a crack on its underside.  i taped it
> up just to see if that is exactly what was causing the symptoms i was
> experiencing, and the car runs great now. of course i know that my tape repair
> is not the answer, ...

FWIW - I had to do an emergency hose repair on a car that was going 300
miles before it could be properly repaired.  I removed the hose,
degreased it, roughened up the area around the spilt, and wound a length
of opened-out bicycle inner tube around it, coating all the surfaces in
rubber solution.  I also put two monster tie wraps around the edges.

I'm told it's _still_ holding, though the owner now has the replacement
hose in the boot just in case it lets go.

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