water pipe

[Twistygit]

hi all, whilst I was under the bonnet this glorious afternoon, I noticed a water pipe at the front of the cyl head near temp sender that is about 6'' long and blanked off. Is this normal?

[Hedgehopper]

Yes, it's normal. On the original Range Rover application it would have gone to one of the two pipes sticking out beneath the plenum chamber where it was used to heat the throttle body area.

[MADMAX2]

Yep i wouldn't worry about it at all unused for TVR

[Twistygit]

thanks for quick response and maybe another little question if i may,I'm in the process of changing all the water pipes and I remember reading a thread once about silicone hoses been a swine to seal or are they a good upgrade. Also do they come in any colour ACT only have picture's of blue. thanks

[Hedgehopper]

I used ACT hoses and didn't have any sealing problems though I did nip them up a bit after 100 mlies or so. Don't know about colours, speak to Tim at ACT.....very helpful guy.

[cerberatony]

i had a hose from ACT i could have had blue or black, went fo black and no sealing problems.
also that short pipe is good for when you bleed the air out of the water system.

[Twistygit]

sorry to be a pain but does anyone know where to get the steel pipes from,I can only find stainless ones on ACT

[phillpot]

Twistygit said:

anyone know where to get the steel pipes from,I can only find stainless ones

Someone who's chucking them out to fit stainless ?

(I would guess they're no longer available new).