Silicon Hoses

[middleburg62]

Has anyone heard of a silicon hose kit for the cooling hoses for a 60 or a 62 i was just wondering cause ive never heard anything bad about them and when i do my desmog i have red silicon hose and vacum caps and all that good stuff and if anyone knows where to get red radiator hoses would be greatly appretiated

 

[szester]

Has anyone heard of a silicon hose kit for the cooling hoses for a 60 or a 62 i was just wondering cause ive never heard anything bad about them and when i do my desmog i have red silicon hose and vacum caps and all that good stuff and if anyone knows where to get red radiator hoses would be greatly appretiated

Have you tried mcmaster carr??

 

[fliphkd778]

Rather than get a kit and sort through all the different hoses, just get some generic line, about 37 feet of it. If I remember correctly, the small size hose that dominates the engine bay is 3mm. Lots of other members have had success with McMaster.

 

[Trapper50cal]

It appears as though he is speaking of coolant hoses not vacuum hoses

 

[ntsqd]

Purosil was the first to offer quality silicone radiator hoses. AFAIK they've only ever offered their hose in blue on the outside (but red on the inside). They and others offer formed hoses. Not sure what is involved, but it's at least possible to replace all the OE formed hoses with silicone.

Do not use normal hose clamps on silicone hose. The type to use are the non-perforated clamps like AWAB offers.

Cheep clamps made like this are problematic, but these are quality clamps and are excellent.

 

[Joe_E]

I always see silicone hose kits on ebay from Aussy sellers, they always seem to be for series other that the 60 though.

 

[middleburg62]

Yeah thanks for the info im going to go with the AWAB clamps and i found a set for an 80 with the 3F does anybody know if this would work but red would be nice but i can settle for blue...