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  1. 2nd February 2012, 09:05 AM #1
    pfillery
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    Temporary radiator hose repair tips needed URGENT!!!

    My series 3 has popped the little 90 degree section of hose that connects the heater tap to the heater core. Just split with age. I have a spare at home but I'm at work. I could smell the coolant this morning and noticed the gauge creeping up a little higher so checked it when I got to work and could hear the hiss.

    I can't really get a piece of hose to go on there (unless garden hose will work but I don't think it will handle the pressure) so any tips to get enough of a seal to get me home (45km through peak traffic)?

    Duct tape? Any other ideas? Help please?
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  2. 2nd February 2012, 09:25 AM #2
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    Do without the heater for the moment. A couple of spark plugs, jam them into the heater hoses and clamp them up. Or just loop the heater hose back to the engine.
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  3. 2nd February 2012, 10:02 AM #3
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    Have you got an appropriate sized piece of dowel or metal bar to slip inside the hose and clamp it on the outside with a Jubilee clip or similar?
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    Duct tape covered by jubilee clamps could work.
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  5. 2nd February 2012, 12:10 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by jakeslouw View Post
    Duct tape covered by jubilee clamps could work.
    Even without a clamp it works OK.

    The best stuff to use is silicon tape that sort of fuses to itself.
    I always have a roll in the car, mainly for electrically connections that need to be waterproof, but also for a pinhole in a hose.

    I actually did what Bee utey suggested six weeks ago when the header on my heater burst and just looped one of the pipes back on itself on my Tdi.
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