Heater Hose Failure?
Discussion
Hi
Complete novice here, but this evening having got home from work, a load of smoke (or steam?) came from under the bonnet.
Upon opening the bonnet, a stream of liquid (red and slightly sticky) was squirting from near the bulkhead. My initial thoughts were the heater hose (one nearest the engine). Is there any other pipes in the near region that may spontaneously spout out liquid? How often do these fail? How easy to DIY replace? Looks quite easy and will probably replace both? Any hints and tips to save my knuckles?
Think I will replace with the mx5parts silicone hoses.....
Mike
Complete novice here, but this evening having got home from work, a load of smoke (or steam?) came from under the bonnet.
Upon opening the bonnet, a stream of liquid (red and slightly sticky) was squirting from near the bulkhead. My initial thoughts were the heater hose (one nearest the engine). Is there any other pipes in the near region that may spontaneously spout out liquid? How often do these fail? How easy to DIY replace? Looks quite easy and will probably replace both? Any hints and tips to save my knuckles?
Think I will replace with the mx5parts silicone hoses.....
Mike
Well the parts from mx5parts finally arrived on Wednesday (unusually slow for mx5parts!!)
Drained radiator, removed dip stick and coil pack. (Didn't take off the washer bottle as some guides recommend - and I can understand the recommendation). Pipes came off relatively easy with pliers, screwdriver and stanley knife. Only awkward bit here was the engine side of hose number 1 had the clip in the 'wrong' direction which made accessing with the pliers fiddly.
Cleaned the stubs and then used some hairspray to help the new pipes on again. Bit of a pain but pretty easy. Little worried about the heater hose number one as it is quite close to the dipstick - will this overheat and degrade? The replacement part is slightly longer than the original??
All tightened up - getting the third bolt back on the coil pack was difficult and probably not done up that securely - but I figured this shouldnt matter.
Filled radiator with coolant and deionised water.
....and the biggest surprise ..... everything worked!
All in, it took 90 minutes for me .... a complete amateur.
Next job to change the 'o' ring.
Mike
Drained radiator, removed dip stick and coil pack. (Didn't take off the washer bottle as some guides recommend - and I can understand the recommendation). Pipes came off relatively easy with pliers, screwdriver and stanley knife. Only awkward bit here was the engine side of hose number 1 had the clip in the 'wrong' direction which made accessing with the pliers fiddly.
Cleaned the stubs and then used some hairspray to help the new pipes on again. Bit of a pain but pretty easy. Little worried about the heater hose number one as it is quite close to the dipstick - will this overheat and degrade? The replacement part is slightly longer than the original??
All tightened up - getting the third bolt back on the coil pack was difficult and probably not done up that securely - but I figured this shouldnt matter.
Filled radiator with coolant and deionised water.
....and the biggest surprise ..... everything worked!
All in, it took 90 minutes for me .... a complete amateur.
Next job to change the 'o' ring.
Mike
"Feel under the CAS (at the rear of the passenger side cam) and if your hand comes away oily, your O'ring needs replacing.
A common fault."
Damn you! I just went out and checked mine off the back of that and got rather messy
And no I haven't figured out how to quote people properly yet.
A common fault."
Damn you! I just went out and checked mine off the back of that and got rather messy
And no I haven't figured out how to quote people properly yet.
trooperiziz said:
J-Tuner said:
Nice one 
I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
I'm doing this tomorrow, shouldn't be too bad I hope!I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
MixxyMatosis said:
"Feel under the CAS (at the rear of the passenger side cam) and if your hand comes away oily, your O'ring needs replacing.
A common fault."
Damn you! I just went out and checked mine off the back of that and got rather messy
And no I haven't figured out how to quote people properly yet.
Better than finding out the way I did, with plumes of steam from a failed No.1 heater hose A common fault."
Damn you! I just went out and checked mine off the back of that and got rather messy
And no I haven't figured out how to quote people properly yet.
bluetone said:
trooperiziz said:
J-Tuner said:
Nice one
I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
I'm doing this tomorrow, shouldn't be too bad I hope!I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
Hopefully that should stop the smoke and oil smell that started recently, oil is getting on to the exhaust somehow, and I can't see any other leaks. My o-ring had definitely gone, loads of oil leaking around it.
trooperiziz said:
bluetone said:
trooperiziz said:
J-Tuner said:
Nice one
I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
I'm doing this tomorrow, shouldn't be too bad I hope!I got to do my O-Ring soon (along with rocker cover gasket) would be interested to hear how you get on and what it was like etc
Cheers
Steve
Hopefully that should stop the smoke and oil smell that started recently, oil is getting on to the exhaust somehow, and I can't see any other leaks. My o-ring had definitely gone, loads of oil leaking around it.
Thanks
Mike
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