Hose kits, and hose clamp reccomendations.

[snotrag]

I've had a very small, but persistent coolant leak for a while now, nothing that can't be kept on top of but I'd rather it were fixed.

Its probably the rear hose, but its impossible to track down. The hoses in general all look a bit nasty, worn, cracked etc as the car is getting on.

Does anyone do a complete replacement hose kit? Any reccomendations? I've not looked yet but I'm assuming stock Mazda parts might add up to quite a lot.

Finally, with the amount of tinkering I do on my car, those standard hose clamps are a pain and there all a bit rusty.
Any ideas for nice generic replacements I could get instead? Theres a few different sizes needed too I suppose.

[Richyvrlimited]

snotrag said:

I've had a very small, but persistent coolant leak for a while now, nothing that can't be kept on top of but I'd rather it were fixed.

Its probably the rear hose, but its impossible to track down. The hoses in general all look a bit nasty, worn, cracked etc as the car is getting on.

Does anyone do a complete replacement hose kit? Any reccomendations? I've not looked yet but I'm assuming stock Mazda parts might add up to quite a lot.

Finally, with the amount of tinkering I do on my car, those standard hose clamps are a pain and there all a bit rusty.
Any ideas for nice generic replacements I could get instead? Theres a few different sizes needed too I suppose.

Autolink sell 'kevlar' hoses, though a complete set is not much - if any - cheaper than OEM Mazda hoses. Similarly MX5Parts sell replacement silicone hoses, but again the price difference to OEM is minimal.

OEM hoses are perfectly fine, and the spring clamps used are far better than jubilee clips. I'd recommend sticking with the spring clamps personally, but it's up to you.