Phew

[grahamb]

The car is in having the leaks sorted.

Yesterday, someone pointed out that k-seal should sort most leaks and perhaps something was pressurising the cooling system - exactly what I didnt want to hear or think about.

Spoke with the Garage and they found a loose manifold, two leaking hose fittings and two perforated hoses! Luckily, I had bought a complete hose set and hopefully that has sorted it.

Getting them to sort a couple of other things so, once again, no car for the weekend which is annoying as its a Goodwood Breakfast club. Still better that than having to have the heads off!

[Seaking]

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Glad to hear not to serious which type of pipes have you gone for those expensive silicone ones???

[grahamb]

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no just the standard ones. Wasnt aware of any other types.

[Seaking]

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E.J ward

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'On 10th February we attended the Stoneleigh Triumph Restoration Show
On our stand there was a lot of interest around our Silicon Water Hoses. In theory, they should be the last set of hoses you ever buy. Built to withstand70 psi, -50 degrees and +170 degrees C. (see pic). They may be pricey, at £141 inc. but we feel they are the best hoses available. Along with our Aluminium radiators you would have the ultimate cooling system.
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[DJT]

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Saw them on their stand at Prescott. Didn't see a price and as I had just changed to SOCTFL hoses, I wasn't really interested. They look good though, and are reinforced unlike those terrible Kevlar hoses that have been around for a while.

Dave

[Seaking]

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Those are the ones laying in my shed that came with my stag more cash to spend

[grahamb]

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my cooling system seems to be generally ok. The originals or replacement originals have held up for a while, soI hope I dont need to change to something like this.

[Seaking]

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maybe i will just get some the same as you for time being as i am also building external mechanical water pump and will have to cut up some of the hoses

[redstag]

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I saw the silicone hoses on EJ Wards stand at Stoneleigh. They reckoned you would never need to fit another set but they were 4 or 5 times the cost of braided hoses.

Following on from DJT's comments steer well clear of Kevlar hoses, they will fail without warning. This one hasn't been cut with a knife, it literally peeled apart like a banana skin as I removed it from my car. They are not even worth keeping in the boot as a spare.

Pete

[nib]

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grahamb wrote:

The car is in having the leaks sorted.

Yesterday, someone pointed out that k-seal should sort most leaks and perhaps something was pressurising the cooling system - exactly what I didnt want to hear or think about.

Spoke with the Garage and they found a loose manifold, two leaking hose fittings and two perforated hoses! Luckily, I had bought a complete hose set and hopefully that has sorted it.

Getting them to sort a couple of other things so, once again, no car for the weekend which is annoying as its a Goodwood Breakfast club. Still better that than having to have the heads off!

Sorry Graham if I come across as a pessimist,I wasnt necessary saying you had head gasket troublejust that if everything else is aok and its only a dribble, k-seal should fix it.

With heads being skimmed over the years and inlet manifolds not sitting totally square on, it has become a common occurrence for them to dribble.I asked one of the stags top men how to overcome this and he recomended Radweld but as I find k-seal a superior product I have always used that.