Coolant hoses - 172 cup

[Polynesian]

I need the help of the CS massive… doing a rad, a/c condenser and hoses refresh. It’s the usual b****cks of rusted fasteners and whatnot but I’m nearly there. I think the only two hoses I have left to swap over are the ones that go back to the heater matrix. But the silicon upgrades seem to have a joiner- like a little x pipe. I don’t see that on the originals (still in the car). And if they do connect across, the two hoses coming from the heater area have maybe an inch between them (one above the other) and as you can see, the silicon ones have more like 3”.

What gives? How is this supposed to work?

Thanks all.

 

[Matt Cup]

I believe you need to trim some of the joining hoses to make it fit.

 

[Polynesian]

Think I found the answer back in the annals of CS- basically the hoses are not a good fit and need to be cut down. Not what you would expect for an expensive purchase described as an upgrade!

I’ve cut mine down to narrow the distance between them by about 2”, will see how they fit tomorrow.

 

[Polynesian]

I believe you need to trim some of the joining hoses to make it fit.

Thanks Matt- yep, looks that way. I’ve cut them down and will see tomorrow.

 

[Advikaz]

I’m sure i documented this somewhere 🤔

 

[Polynesian]

I’m sure i documented this somewhere 🤔

I think it was probably your old thread I stumbled on. Cheers!

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

As above, you need to cut a fair bit off both ends of the heater matrix bypass, you also need to cut the metal banding and remove the push fit ends for the heater matrix pipe stubs off the OEM hoses and connect the new hoses to them.

 

[Louis]

Believe it's in my thread

 

[Louis]

BG 182

@Steve should have kept his username as it was🤣. So should @Steve_RS

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