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Offline TimTyler

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Water Hoses Need Replacing?
« on: April 17, 2013, 10:13:31 PM »
Should water hoses be replaced as preventative maintenance, or only when they fail?

 
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Offline Scott_

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Re: Water Hoses Need Replacing?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2013, 06:52:57 AM »
I'd ask "how old are they".
If they are still original, I'd be replacing them.
I replaced all of the rubber bits that I could on the '95, coolant, fuel, brake lines, TB boots, o-rings, etc..... 2 years ago cause they were showing their age.
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Re: Water Hoses Need Replacing?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2013, 08:56:33 AM »
All my coolant hoses are original, I'd replace them if the showed cracks but they don't.  These things seem to last forever.  Fuel lines and that crankcase hose are a different story.
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