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Offline KungFooBob

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Coolant Hoses
« on: 15 February 2005, 10:17 »
Got a tiny leak and some of hoses have gone hard.? Whats the best replacement,? Samco stuff seems a bit steep at over ?100, is it just better to get VAG stuff?? Is it all still available? What sort of cost?? Who else makes hose kits?
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Offline dubslug

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Re: Coolant Hoses
« Reply #1 on: 15 February 2005, 10:24 »
id stick with gen vw stuff
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Coolant Hoses
« Reply #2 on: 17 February 2005, 16:46 »
This sounds strange, but try rubbing old brake fluid on the perished hoses, apparently it feeds the rubber and brings em up like new!
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Offline jimbo

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Re: Coolant Hoses
« Reply #3 on: 17 February 2005, 19:19 »
you can get all of the coolant hoses from GSF  :smiley: you can even get that metal pipe that runs up the side of the block from there. Was well impressed when i found that out as VAG wanted some stupid money for that......

P.S you can even get a new header tank from there for ?14. i changed mine and i actually know how much water is in my header now  :smiley:
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