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Old 08-20-03, 04:14 PM
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What can I do about the upper raditor hose?

My upper radiator hose is touching the front part of my turbo... has anyone come up w/ a solution for this? I've seen some use metal pipe to re-route it... but I'm stumped. I found a pipe bracket from HD that would work to hold the tube forward but would not be a permanent fix. Please help.
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How about metal hose called "Cool Flex?" Jegs and summit carry it. It's flexible and BLING too.
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if you go to lowes or home depot look in the electrical section, they have some piping in there that works great for making custom metal hoses.
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any one have any pics? and when you say piping in the electrical section... is it flexable? I'll go look tomorrow. I also have a pipe and hose co. that is near me that seems to have plenty of answers... I'll check w/ them to see what they can do.
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If you look at some of the front mount kits, they come with metal bends. You cut your existing radiator hose and splice in the pipe bends to re-route the hose.
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if you do it right it will look fine
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I'm guessing I neeed to get a lip for the pipe huh? Or will it hold w/ just a clamp?
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you can take some epoxy and build up a lip on the pipes, but you probley wont need too. A clap should hold ok
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cool... I'll be looking for some bent pipe tomorrow. Thanks!
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