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    Talking Rescue Tape - Silicon Hose

    OK I confess that maybe I'm a bit of a cheapscate? but thought I'd give this a try....

    My intercooler hoses are in reasonable condition but the 2 into the turbo are a little on the soft rubbery side..... hmmmmm $200+ for new silicon hoses vs $30 for 2 rolls of silicon rescue tape.

    Took the hoses off and wound a couple firm layers of this over the top... not too tight though... didn't want to compress the hose and risk delaminating.

    Anyway its been on for a few weeks now and other than a noticable increase in pick no other issues.
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    I have had a turbo hose delaminate from the inside without any warning though so if it does so on yours you risk getting a lot of crap sucked in to the engine.

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    What about thin stainless steel tubing to either replace the hose or to line the inside? S/S with rubber bends would look good and be effective and be long lasting. Just a thought....

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    Hi Xavie.... too true about the delamination but if the inside going to go it doesn't really matter whats on the outside, unless I'm missing something.

    The purpose of the tape is the limit the expansion of the tube hopefully limiting the stresses and to get rid of som eof the lag. I was conscious about the tension of applying the tape as to not compress the hose.

    Lovemyrangie.. good idea... doesn't the trucking industry use this type of hosing. just curious how you'e secure it effectively

    Always good to get the feedback though.....

    Cheers..
    Paul
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    A delicately selected section of a rusted XD exhaust with two pieces of oil pumping hose (all found adjacent to the GRR) can be used to fashion plumbing from the turbo to the IC... This is the fix of choice when the gammon 90 degree bend delaminates on the inside.

    My final fix was to get a zorst shop to bend up some new pipe and just use straight hose to join. The ends never blew off despite not having rolled lips.

    $200 for Si hoses. Just go to a ricer shop and get a 50mm 90 degree bend and a 50mm straight and replace the feed side of the IC. The funky one to the inlet manifold is pretty bullet proof.

    S
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