Dave Henshall

up the motorway last night in the hot weather on high boost,


come off the motorpway and pull up at some ligths, POOOFFF!!! water and steam every where


limped to the nearest garage and called the aa, i had no tools or anyting other than tile adhesive and grout in the boot

the very nice man came and found it, the oil modine water pipe had split, he replaced it with a bit of pipe he had in his truck, and we filled it up with water again and got under way, the price should have been £67 for the pipe !!! but he didnt charge me a penny as he said it must have been a error on the system, for half a meter of plain rubber hose


so now im trying to find someone who does blue silicone modine hoses, as ive tried woodford and they only do the complete kits off the shelf, individual item take 5 weeks to come anybody have any ideas

(its already got samco boost and coolant hose set fitted - just not these 2 hoses on the modine )

stonehavencossie

try roosemotorsport

they do inividual hoses

Dave Henshall

just left a message of paul asnwerphone - cheers

Mike1

Whereabouts are these hoses - I'm going to have a look at mine now as a bit of future-proofing!

Nice heads-up

Cheers

Alvyn

iTrader: (1)

dont forget to put some antifreeze in also and not just water as you've said?

THE RADMAN

iTrader: (2)

yes paul does them

Damo V

you might aswell replace the rest too i.e. chargecooler pipes and additional heater matrix pipe

SPADGE

Which of the 2 was it?
The long one that goes to the heater matrix or the short one that goes to the head??
Got the latter if required

Stu.H

had an electrical prob on my saff had to call AA out

was due to fookin wipers connected to FUEL PUMP

awesome wiring on these old cars eh?

EDITED to say he said he shudnt let the car back on the road like this but replaced the fuse and got me back on my way

Dave Henshall

it was the shorter of the 2, the one that went to the ect housing,

paul roose has sorted me out, thanks guys,

all the other hoses had been replaced any way (all the charge cooler ones etc before i had the car)

the rubber had basiaclly gone rotten and split along the top bearin mind its 14 year old rubber that has had a lot of heat and presure though it and plenty of oil over it

Dave Henshall

ah yes, anti freeze will be going back in, as soon as the new pies arrive ill drain it all again.... its funny the book says drain flush and replce anti freeze every 2 years, mine has been done every 2 months for the last 6