I agree with Yannick, I have used silicone hoses since day one with the
spring
clamps and never had any kind of leak in five years,
Also all the hoses are fitted with a reflective
thermal sleeve, exspecially the hose from the pressure cap container to the
Radiator
IMHO is a must!
Ivor
G-IVER 914
On 30 November 2012 08:34, stephan cassel <stephan.cassel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
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> I am also using the silicon hoses from Stefan Ingemarsson. Very good hoses
> I may add.
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> My start to drip at the radiator.
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> It looks like the inner diameter is a bit, not much, too big. I bought
> Teflon tape and put some layers (1-1,5 mm or so) on the both inlet and
> outlet of the radiator.
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> The inlet and outlet must be totally dry when applying the Teflon tape. At
> least for me this stopped the drip completely.
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> Another thing I have observed is that this type of silicon is vulnerable
> to heat, especially close to the exhaust system and should be isolated.
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> Best regards
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> Stephan
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> LN-STE
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