my repair

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:27 pm

Well i bought a hose to replace my split one and the bloody bleed screw came out ...... with the nut still attached so as i had cut the old hose up to get the stat out i came up with this as a temporary repair till my new hose comes What do you think??

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:05 pm

good thinking.

should do the job.

not sure what kind of temps 32 or 40mm waste pipe (assuming thats what it is?) can take. should cope with it fine though.

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:23 pm

Lol, yeah its 32mm waste pipe for high temperature waste apparanely( thats what it says on it)

and i couldnt believe it was cheaper to buy a 2mtr piece than a small section????
The guy i bought the hose off wont be too happy when he gets 3 bits back but ..........

walshy.walsh · Post by **walshy.walsh** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:31 pm

tyreburner wrote: waste pipe for high temperature waste .

a steaming turd then! lol!

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:48 pm

pmsl, after a really hot curry you probably need heat reistant pipes,

paul888 · Post by **paul888** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:00 pm

sharky wrote:good thinking.

should do the job.

not sure what kind of temps 32 or 40mm waste pipe (assuming thats what it is?) can take. should cope with it fine though.

65c tops iirc.

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:17 pm

doesn't engine coolent get up to about 80-100deg C?

if its not able to take that kinda temp then it will prob go very soft, and leak.

i'd check it often.

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:22 pm

paul888 wrote:
sharky wrote:good thinking.

should do the job.

not sure what kind of temps 32 or 40mm waste pipe (assuming thats what it is?) can take. should cope with it fine though.
65c tops iirc.

I guess the car runs at more????
It is only to get me to work and back for two days or so so should be ok, if not i have plenty left over to make more

daz500 · Post by **daz500** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:22 pm

I wouldn't drive the car until the new pipe arrived. Have you any alloy tubing you can use instead? A fudge now may end up costing you a headgasket change if things go Pete Tong.

The thermostat opens around 82degrees and the fans kick in around 90 odd (iirc) so that bit of plastic is going to start to get hot and soft and thats not even factoring in the fact that the coolant is pressurised.

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:25 pm

sharky wrote:doesn't engine coolent get up to about 80-100deg C?

if its not able to take that kinda temp then it will prob go very soft, and leak.

i'd check it often.

Yeah i will cut me a spare section off and keep it in the boot lol

daz500 · Post by **daz500** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:31 pm

Are you serious?

bjrespect · Post by **bjrespect** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:32 pm

it should just about be fine mate aslong as you take it easy, but needs changing asap

you would have been better with metal tubing though

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:46 pm

daz500 wrote:Are you serious?

yeah, lol its only for 2 days though and i only do 3 miles a day for work

bjrespect wrote:it should just about be fine mate aslong as you take it easy, but needs changing asap

you would have been better with metal tubing though

yeah i know metal tubing .... thought about that afterwards !!!

johno · Post by **johno** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:02 pm

i did exactly the same thing as that as the bleed valve was leaking on my ti...went on over a year ago and its still absolutely fine

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:16 pm

johno wrote:i did exactly the same thing as that as the bleed valve was leaking on my ti...went on over a year ago and its still absolutely fine

Cool, I have bought another hose now though...... damn could have saved £20 lol

Berger · Post by **Berger** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:43 pm

Stick it in the kettle, see if it melts....

tyreburner · Post by **tyreburner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:07 pm

reckon my folks would have something to say about the platic in their cuppas lol.....Hey maybe i could produce a leaky bleed screw fix ebook 99p on flea bay using metal piping obviously

It would go something like.....
Cut the hose either side of the dodgy shite bleed screw , get a bit of 32mm metal pipe and 2 jubilee clips and put them in the place of the pipe you cut oot....