Silicon hose kits & turbo cores - which ones?

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

looks like I'm off to Bunnings to buy black paint. [bigrolf]

any way got black ones coming in couple days. ( just gotta wait for the paint to dry [biggrin]) Then ppl will want orange.

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I'm in for a set of black hoses for my MY2003 D2a TD5 auto. [thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by onebob

X2 on that ...... and earlier this year i needed a new heater hose and as an interim measure until i purchased a new stock hose from mario i used a surplus length of blue silicone hose from my sons workplace but the sight of the foreign coloured hose jarred me every time i lifted the bonnet[emoji37]

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..... the new stock hose goes on and is great for 2 weeks and then coolant is visible weeping out via the reinforcing fabric [emoji35] now its actively dripping so the hose has failed. Can’t trust modern rubber automotive hoses any more. So black silicon for me asap.

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Originally Posted by onebob

..... the new stock hose goes on and is great for 2 weeks and then coolant is visible weeping out via the reinforcing fabric [emoji35] now its actively dripping so the hose has failed. Can’t trust modern rubber automotive hoses any more. So black silicon for me asap.

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Pattern part or Genuine hose that’s played up?

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Pattern part or Genuine hose that’s played up?

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It was a pattern part .....

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Originally Posted by onebob

It was a pattern part .....

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I had high hopes for my DIY silicone hose but it was just too bulky to manouver into place and get the ends onto the barbs .... it didn’t help that i could not get the bends close enough to the hose ends and also have enough room for the clamps. In the end i took the springs off and just had the hose running across the rocker cover for a week or two until fitting the stock hose.
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Not surprised a pattern part failed.

Be wary too, LR update hoses over time as problems (rubbing etc) are found. Pattern parts often don’t.

The Turbo Rebuild cartridge is a great bit of kit. I recently fitted one and I’m suitably impressed with the performance gain. They will still honour the Aulro group buy discount code as well if you ask them.