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Subject: Heater Hose Hack Author: fred : member since December, 2004 : 76 posts Posted on: 2005-09-17 13:51:01

I have bad luck with coolant hoses. They always seem to bust on me when I am going full speed on the freeway.
My latest incident involved one of the heater hoses. The culprit was intake hose from the engine block to the aux water pump. The neck on the pump broke off which dumped the coolant in a hurry.
After a tow to my house, I called around for a replacement but couldn't find one. Since I needed the car I hacked up plug for the hose since it was still in good shape. I used a 1/2 steel pipe nipple (it has an outside diameter of 0.8 inches) with a cap screwed on one end. I filed the threads down on the end that I put in the hose since they were pretty sharp. The same hose clamp sealed the deal.
I have driven about 200 miles with this plug and it hasn't leaked a bit.
This would be a nice fix for any of the heater hoses that break and I intend to keep the plug in my car from now on.


1991 750iL

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