Cooling hoses

[spitfireyellow]

Hi, I am changing the cooling hoses, one split last week . I am having trouble with bottom radiator hose being to close (rubbing) to the alternator pulley. I have tried both hose.
The old hose was always very close to the alternator pulley.
Is the alternator belt wrong (to long ). Any one had a similar problem.
Cheers Nigel.

[Phil S]

Hi Niger,
I have now moved my alternator but l had the same problem before.
I found that one leg of the right angle hose was on the long side , l also moved the position of the steel water pipe that runs up to the thermostat housing.
That cured it for me.

Phil

[Mark Serj]

It may be the new hose isn't as accurately made as OEM (I know that might sound like a contradiction in terms, but I imagine BL subbed them out so were made reasonably accurately by the subcon supplier!). I had a top hose recently that didn't match the original hose profile and had to be sent back because there was no way I would have trusted it

[mopoole]

Hi Niger,
I have now moved my alternator but l had the same problem before.
I found that one leg of the right angle hose was on the long side , l also moved the position of the steel water pipe that runs up to the thermostat housing.
That cured it for me.

Phil

+1

[dasadrew]

Hi Niger, .....

Phil

Not very pc

Anyhow ... I found the same problem, trimmed a bit of the length off and juggled the steel pipe position and it's ok. Jubilee clip also has to be carefully positioned!

Drew

[72BLUE]

I have fitted a couple of top and bottom rad hoses recently from different suppliers. The bottom hose had to be trimmed by about 10mm at the radiator end IIRC and I think I had to trim the top hose at both ends by a little.

The bottom hose is not 90 degrees, it is more like 100-120 or so.

Keith

[CJG]

Had the same problem with the alternator pulley rubbing on the hose, my fan belt was worn and stretched. New one sorted it.

[1230]

Some of the bottom hoses made are to long. SOC Spares has the original Unipart/Triumph Tooling so theirs are the correct length.

[MandM]

I have fitted a couple of top and bottom rad hoses recently from different suppliers. The bottom hose had to be trimmed by about 10mm at the radiator end IIRC and I think I had to trim the top hose at both ends by a little.

The bottom hose is not 90 degrees, it is more like 100-120 or so.

Keith

Trimmed mine as well