I was driving when I noticed my engine temp bouncing all over the place, after a couple minutes the cars temp read normal so I kept driving keeping an eye on it constantly. 30 mins later I pull up to a stop light and my car starts erupting like a fog machine on steroids. So I pulled my car over asap and found this



One of the turbo coolant hoses burst mid driving so i hiked to the nearest auto store and made a replacement. The car runs fine now and I gave her a rough shakedown to make sure if was safe to daily again.

Does anyone know who sells silicone hoses for the turbo coolant lines?

 

STM sells OEM for $6

 

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...l_md363256.htm

 

thanks roach85, I'd much prefer a higher quality hose cause the oem rubber tends to rot where a silicone hose would degrade slower and last longer

 

I went to napa auto parts and bought 2 feet of the blue silicone hoses. this happened to me twice, so I check it once a year. the silicone seems to be holding up really well. I changed the bottom one also, just in case. it was starting to wear. I also looped the throttle body hose into the block, so I have to check that too.

 

I came in late, was going to say the same thing.

 

What is the ID measurement on this?
I want to get some silicone reinforced lines to replace mine before any issues arise.

 

have you given thought to the cause of that line splitting? like head gasket

 

Yea good idea to replace all the coolant hoses on any 10 year old car.

 

The only thing that I noticed when I pulled that line is that the hose was very degraded and rotted. It felt like play dough in my hand.

As for the head gasket I wouldn't know what i'd be looking for. Any ideas?

 

This.

Your hose failed because they are old. Replace it with an oem one and call it a day. 10 years is a long time and I call that a pretty resilient hose. You may be able to protect it with something like this.. http://www.designengineering.com/cat...eeve-tape-kits

 

ive got a 99 evo 6 and its on original hoses and never burst them. ok the rubber can dergarde but i wouldnt automatically put it down to that