Coolant hose is not a "coolant" hose...

[Waterloo]

(03-24-2018 )dhirocz Wrote:  I made friends with the guys at the nearest hydraulic and marine plumbing joint. Take them anything and you will get premium stuff to replace it, first time, every time. They carry stuff like Eaton, Flexfab, trident marine...nothing cheap.

They carry stainless marine hose clamps, t bolt clamps and the like to replace OEM stuff. Silicone, high pressure, high temp, milspec and all sorts of premium goods just because of the nature of what they do...their work CANNOT FAIL. No OEM spring clamps to be found around here.

Carry practically any fitting you can find on a truck.

Will rebuild your coolant hoses for your turbo or air compressor as good or better than oem for much less and no wait,

They can also make any fuel, oil, hydraulic, air or other hose, with dot rated components if needed, with the correct crimpers for a leak free seal that will likely outlast your next engine.

They typically stock ferrules, dot fittings and nylon hose, hell, almost anything (except stainless JIC, which is obnoxiously expensive and rarely used)

Cheap? Not really. But MUCH cheaper than OEM and far cheaper than doing it twice because someone used automotive grade hose clamps on silicone hose (that's a no-no) or something of the sort.

Sounds like my Parker Exotic Automation Store, exactly where I am heading in the morning. FleetPride had the correct hose, but only in 3/4". Parker will have it, just wish I would have found this on Thursday instead of 1700 on a Friday...

But, none the less, very happy so far at the work I have been able to accomplish. Yes, on three weeks down time, but I cleaned up and painted the entire driver side of the motor. The 20* temps did not help in the paint process, takes awhile for multiple coats of primer and paint to dry. I also removed all of the coolant hard lines and big intake from the air cleaner and painted all of those too. Replaced a few sensors, found things I know would have been skipped if taken to a shop and installed new heat shield wrap in a few key areas.

Now, I still have to replace the air dryer, that I am not looking forward to. But, it has stopped raining and snowing, and hopefully it will come off easily. And I can get my fat rear end under there. It is 21* out there right now... Jamie Davis Towing parka and bibs are going on for this one. ;-)