suggestions with a split water hose - cause? pics included
13-07-2008, 03:59 PM
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suggestions with a split water hose - cause? pics included
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i was out earlier and was giving the car some beans, heard a little pop/ bang and thought a stone had hit the underside, thought nothing of it
now the car has emptied its water out everywhere! - traced the fault to a split water hose (See pics)
obviously the pressure has built so much its caused the hose to split, but what would cause that? i changed the header tank cap last week as the old one wasnt sealing properly
i've previously changed all the coolant so i dont think there is a blockage in the radiator
any suggestions to what would cause this?
cheers, matt
13-07-2008, 04:04 PM
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Manufacturing fault in the hose I would have thought.
13-07-2008, 04:07 PM
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has your head gasket gone mate or is that the threads comin out the pipe. if the gaskets gone b4 could be off that cos oil eats the rubber. hope you get it sorted what ever it is.
13-07-2008, 04:10 PM
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stick another hose on it Matt and go from there
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headgasket failure causing the cooling sysem to overpressurize?
13-07-2008, 05:47 PM
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headgasket failure causing the cooling sysem to overpressurize?
Usually go a bit bigger than that though.
13-07-2008, 06:12 PM
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Its all been done head skim new gaskets etc
13-07-2008, 06:13 PM
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cometic grp A head gakset less than 500 miles ago
13-07-2008, 06:14 PM
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will do; do you remeber me telling you paul that that pipe expanded once before?
13-07-2008, 06:18 PM
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im guessing old pipe & water cooled turbo
13-07-2008, 06:22 PM
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im guessing old pipe & water cooled turbo
you're probably right fella, just dont want it being anything more sinister, dont want to cook the engine or anything like that
13-07-2008, 06:26 PM
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probably just a tired pipe wack another one on and see what happens!
13-07-2008, 06:28 PM
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as allready said above change it for a new one & see how it goes
13-07-2008, 06:29 PM
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probably just a tired pipe wack another one on and see what happens!
i have some nice samco's to go on but reluctant to do that if its going to do the same! see what happens i suppose
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can you gey a sniff test done? i would say matbe head gasket. or fucked old hose. hope its the latter
13-07-2008, 08:51 PM
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can you gey a sniff test done? i would say matbe head gasket. or fucked old hose. hope its the latter
i can get test done no problem, very much doubt its head gasket as i fitted a new cometic grp a one less than 500 miles ago
if it isnt hd just wondered what every one elses opinion was
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20 year old hose
cheers all; i'll give it a go with a new hose - i've been told cossies cooling system isnt the best of designs anyhow
13-07-2008, 09:12 PM
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Dont panic folks!
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will do; do you remeber me telling you paul that that pipe expanded once before?
Yes you did when i told u to replace the cap which did'nt seal
Change the pipe mate and make sure u have antifreeze in it,i would also check that the matrix is'nt blocked but hav'nt you changed that?
i'm on earlys this week give us a bell if u need anything
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14-07-2008, 11:14 AM
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Yes you did when i told u to replace the cap which did'nt seal
Change the pipe mate and make sure u have antifreeze in it,i would also check that the matrix is'nt blocked but hav'nt you changed that?
i'm on earlys this week give us a bell if u need anything
paul
yeah, replaced the cap which has now made it seal, just thought maybe i'd moved the problem on
changed the heater matrix for the one that you gave me!
will do; might have to buy a hose as i'm not sure i have one in that samco set
18-07-2008, 07:41 AM
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Update, changed all the hoses last night for some fancy blue silicone ones; took it out for a good blast last night and its seems fine! must have been the fact the hose was 20 years old!
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Update, changed all the hoses last night for some fancy blue silicone ones; took it out for a good blast last night and its seems fine! must have been the fact the hose was 20 years old!
See told ya, u will have to take us out m8
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18-07-2008, 06:49 PM
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See told ya, u will have to take us out m8
whenever your ready paul! - i know uve got the family to entertain at weekends so whenever mate
tonight if you like?
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13-07-2008, 03:59 PM
suggestions with a split water hose - cause? pics included
