Hi, can anyone help, maybe a bit of a novice question but is the bottom radiator hose t-piece pipe that leads to the header tank on a 2wd cossie a return hose. i am fitting a cossie motor in my mk4 cortina and what i want to do is fit a one piece pipe with no t-piece between the radiator and water pump and the pipe that would normally T off run from the header tank to the overflow fitment on the filler neck of my radiator as i have fitted a grp 4 mk2 escort rad hence the fact i need to know if its a return hose. thanx , help me

 

Shame its not a MkV as i have spare doors and glass for one.

Good luck with it

Heres a old pic of mine.



Steve.

 

No its not a return just a fill BUT you will need a return to the top of the rad for the Turbo and a swirl pot if you use one

A pic of mine(old pic)

 

You could use a standard pinto lower hose and top if they fit that will work fine with a return for turbo to the top of the rad

 

Hi, im a bit lost with the bottom hose, you say i can use a pinto bottom hose which is what i need to do but where do i connect the pipes from the header tank to, obviously one goes to the turbo but where do i put the one that would go to the bottom hose sorry you lost me abit thanx for ya reply