What hose do I need :confused:

[Arc Controls]

Good afternoon all,

Hope you're all well.

I've recently checked my coolant level and found it to be low so I topped it up and since then have had overheating problems and have been loosing coolent.

I've found the cause and it's a leaking rubber hose located at the back of the plenum where indicated on picture below. I think this is a heater pipe but don't know where to get a replacement from!?



It's leaking right where the jubilee clip is holding it (basically it's perished and split). It was getting dark last night so I couldn't investigate exactly where the hose dives off to or even how
big it is but it dissapears off to the right behind the engine.

Does anyone know what size this is and where I can get a replacement from?

Thanks in advance

Rob

[Ant.]

If it is the heater hose leaking, then any motorfactor will sell you a length..

[Arc Controls]

Thanks Ant - I'll take a look tonight in the light and see what and how much I need.

[Motik]

I had to change the same hose not a long time ago after it had burst (in fact I changed both for peace of mind) and I found it very hard to find a replacement. The original Ford item is no longer available and the Gates hose I managed to buy by the metre was way too stiff to be usable.

I ended up going to a Citroën garage (I live in France ) and showing them my hoses: they found Saxo hoses which, after trimming, were an almost perfect fit.

All in all a pig of a job, with very limited accessibility even with the plenum off

[Ozstyle]

Hi,

had a the same problem with that hose. I found there was enough slack in the hose to allow me to cut off enough (less than an inch) to remove the cracked/chewed end and then reattach.

Oz