heater hose problem
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From: bodymore
heater hose problem Well I busted a heater hose on my header. burned right through the sleeve I put over it. Has anyone upgraded to stainless braided line for heater hose? What's involved? Will it not burn and bust when it touches the header? Thanks.
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From: bodymore
Okay I took some pics so you can get a better idea.
First pic is the heater hoses at the heater core. I cut them off and then in the second pic you can see I double clamped a 3/4" heater hose over the 5/8" upper heater hose outlet and then in the third pic i clamped down the other side of the 3/4" heater hose over the lower heater hose outlet.
What I am trying to get at here, is if I took some stainless braided heater hoses, would it matter if they touched the header? There is no room over there and I am already rolling the dice with some of the wires for the O2 sensor and other crap (using some summit heat shield over the wires and there's hardly 1/4" in between the primary and the sleeve - it's going to burn off soon I bet. Probably should wrap the primary that it rubs on with header wrap?
First pic is the heater hoses at the heater core. I cut them off and then in the second pic you can see I double clamped a 3/4" heater hose over the 5/8" upper heater hose outlet and then in the third pic i clamped down the other side of the 3/4" heater hose over the lower heater hose outlet.
What I am trying to get at here, is if I took some stainless braided heater hoses, would it matter if they touched the header? There is no room over there and I am already rolling the dice with some of the wires for the O2 sensor and other crap (using some summit heat shield over the wires and there's hardly 1/4" in between the primary and the sleeve - it's going to burn off soon I bet. Probably should wrap the primary that it rubs on with header wrap?
Last edited by trippinholyman; Oct 7, 2010 at 02:55 PM.
Stainless braided hose is still rubber on the inside. The hose will still fail if it is touching the header also braided steel hoses are very abrasive to anything they rub against.
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