Silicone Ho'se Questions

[Havok316]

I'm looking to change most of my hoses in the leon. Apart from getting the lengths correct and the diameter. Does shape really come into it? For example a breather hose has a slight bend in the pipe or is it like this to stop any rubbing? If so can anyone show me an example of engine bay of a yellow lcr - cheers

 

[bristolsparks]

Ive been looking into this aswell, gonna cost a bit i reckon but will look good, just dont know if im just gonna do the main hoses or bit the bullet and do them all

 

[Havok316]

I was looking on ebay and they have on there yellow reinforced silicone hose for £2.40 a metre which i thought was reasonable id say 10-15 metres should be plenty

 

[bristolsparks]

yeah true, plus u have got to get all your standard coolant hoses, turbo hoses etc which cost quite abit

 

[Havok316]

i was thinking of replacing all the 5mm hoses first though

 

[bristolsparks]

cool

sounds like a plan to do it in stages, just got to get the clips aswell which can add up

 

[Markyboyt]

Can you post a link to the hose you are looking at?

 

[DannyC87]

i've got a mix of 3mm and 5mm on mine - i think 4mm would be ideal. most of the hoses to the dv, fpr etc don't need to be reinforced, just standard silicon hosing will do fine - this is very flexible so will be where-ever you want it too. HTH

 

[bristolsparks]

Howmuch do you reckon it would cost to replace every hose for silicon? including a decent TIP etc

 

[DannyC87]

tip ~ £80
upper boost hoses ~ £120
water coolant hose kit ~ £150
random other hoses ~ £100

 

[bristolsparks]

not that much then to be honest, was thinking alot more. mind you i couldnt be bothered to fit them myself lol

 

[Ronin225]

I was advised 4mm and its pefect for FPR line etc.
I only have 5mm from DV to inlet manifold
Then there is lots of 8mm stuff