greggors84
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posted on 27/5/04 at 06:48 PM |
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Pinto Hoses
Can anyone who as put a pinto in their car tell me what size coolant hoses they have used. I have bought a few from halfords and bought one off
Avoneer, but they never seem to fit. Either too long or too short. Im using a polo rad so it has 35mm outlets.
I have the small hose for the header tank so that is sorted.
Also where is the best to get them from, i dont really want to pay halfords prices. Is there any hoses off the sierra or any other cars that would
fit?
Chris
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stephen_gusterson
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posted on 27/5/04 at 07:09 PM |
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go to a scrapyard with a ruler and get a selection of likely looking hoses - you wont pay a lot for them as what kinda sicko wants a bunch of old
hoses?
If you mark em up, you can ID them and buy the real deal new if you want to. However even common sierra hoses are 15+ quid to buy new......
atb
steve
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greggors84
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posted on 27/5/04 at 07:21 PM |
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Yeah thats the best idea, just thought i would check to see if there are any tried and tested hoses.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Avoneer
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posted on 27/5/04 at 08:24 PM |
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I'm using a Polo rad as well.
Managed to get 32mm on the Polo rad which makes things easier to find. 32mm - 32mm for top hose to thermostat housing and 32mm to 38mm from bottom of
rad to water pump.
I used expensive Halfords Vulcoflex stuff.
Hope that helps...
Pat...
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