last night i came to fitting my silicon lower rad hose, it took a combination of swearing, washing up liquid , boiling water and a heatgun, plus a lot of time to get it on, it was a nightmare. Any tips in future as at the moment it has a slight kink so i think i may have to do it again.
btw this is the hose that goes from the lower rad, to bottom of the water pump.
Last edited by djinuk; 04-03-2009 at 09:33.
I found that i had to remove the alternator to get the pipe on.
To do this ..there is a tension style clamp that needs loosened off for the belt ...then simply undo the bottom bolt holding on the alternator and get it out the way.
hope this helps
Make life easy, remove the bumper.
Or make life even easier and buy a std hose rather than silicone
Could you use the spring from the OE hose to stop the silicone one kinking?
Agree with the alternator solution. Quick and easy.
i acutally ended up taking off the alternator, bumper , radiator, was still a pain in the ass, im thinking it was simply the size of the silicon hose that made it difficult, today my fingers and hands hurt
Originally Posted by Tiny Tim
what silicone hoses are you using? my SFS ones can be done with just bumper off and a flexi jubilee driver
asi ones from the group buy
im not fond of these silicone lower rad hoses. to me they seem abit too soft so to speak when compared with a oe hose. also the hard plastic sleeve thats fitted around the oe hose is there for a reason!
I've got the same hoses mate. I just took the grill off and poked it through from the front, then a flexi jubilee driver like Markey said.
i acutally ended up taking off the alternator, bumper , radiator, was still a pain in the ass, im thinking it was simply the size of the silicon hose that made it difficult, today my fingers and hands hurt
Am i missing something here? Are these some sort of retard import hoses or something?
nah i dont think so mine fitted easy. definatley need the spring inside though
you mean to say they have some kind of spring inside to hold them open, ? as mine did not.
oe all the way, completely agree with rajs com's
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