[Diy_efi] Hoses...

[Jay Rabe]

Yeah, pretty much what lee said.  You should be able to pick up an exhaust
reducer to go between the two sizes of hose you need (each side sized for
the 2 different sizes of hose).  Get a short straight section of the
radiator neck sized hose and a couple clamps.  Just make sure the ends of
the reducer are not sharp, so it doesn't bite into the hoses.

On 4/30/06, Lee M. Lemoine <llemoine at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can always boil the hoses you have currently to see if they'll stretch
> (its a bit of a pain) and putting some dish soap on the fitting and inside
> the hose will usually aid in the hose getting over the fitting a little
> easier.
>
> The other option you have is to find a similar pipe with a neutral
> diameter,
> get a piece of steel pipe, and splice it in the middle...   I've seen this
> done before to extend pipes with radiators moved 'forward' in the engine
> compartment.  The other option there is that you get a small piece of
> pipe,
> and use a piece of silicone hose adapter (similar to the ones sold for
> intercoolers and whatnot) and use that to adapt the sizes.
>
> Just a few thoughts.   Vibration shouldn't be much of an issue as long as
> the pipe isn't rubbing against anything.
>
> On 4/30/06, Ian Molton <spyro at f2s.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > not EFI specific, but Im installing a larger radiator... the hose
> > fittings are bigger by just enough that the pipes probably wont stretch
> > over them, although the locations are the same. obviously pipes with odd
> > sized ends are not going to come ready made for the vehicle...
> >
> > any good solutions? one hose is quite short, so I am concious that it
> > its made too rigid in the process it could cause problems with engine
> > vibration.
> >
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>
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