Do anyone know where i can get vaccum hoses from, i\'m looking to do the rats nest. not bothered about branded, just want them to do the job
Well after alot of searching and asking about i\'ve used Rubber Hose from Mazda.
Alot of people say Viton is the way to go but i here once it gets oily the pipes tend to slip of quite easy, Sillicone is a bit hit and miss, i have had some experiance with it going soft at highish temps but i here its quite good?
But after Thinking alot about it the OE pipe has lasted over 10 years and thats all i ask of it so i went for OE.
Can I ask, how many people have replaced these vacuum hoses?
You arent a real RX7 owner until you have replaced them lol
Did mine in viton in the end, got it fairly cheap.
At least I know how to do it now in case I need to do it.
Its certainly a leg/arm/hand/arm aching job and I wouldnt recommend doing it unless you have to.
The silicon kits I\'ve seen from the states all come with tie-wraps for the ends so I guess you could use them on whatever you use for it. I\'ll do mine when the engine comes out :)
I think there may also be a Price issue to think about too.
I payed £50 for the Hose and Steel clips
The Us Kits work out about £80 with Zip ties + Shipping etc
The Viton, well i was qouted £230 from the cheapest place i could find thats plus Clips or Zip ties.
I also found the Viton hose is quite hard to get hold of with the correct wall thickness.
This is not a nice job to do when the Engine is out so i am guessing its realy bad when its still in the car.
Hmm thats strange, got my viton from RX Motors, really easily.
Cost me £10 a metre and I needed 5 metres to do it.
I recommend putting tie wraps on the hoses though, I think even if I was using rubber I would still put them on. Got told that I wouldnt need them but not taking the chance.
Yeah I did mine when it was in the car....as I said before.....expect your body to hurt the next day !!! Plus it was even worse 2 days later !!
Tips I can give you that were given to me and really useful, get yourself some decent long nosed pliers, a sharp knife (got a stanley one that was good), good side cutters and a heat gun for loosening the hoses on the solenoids.
40 feet of 3.5mm (all small solenoids).
- 16 feet of 6.0mm (larger air lines on engine).
- 4 feet of 8.0mm (larger air lines on engine).
Thats what i got a qoute off.
Ah, I only ordered the solenoid ones.
They threw in the rest. it was silicon pipe, was only about a metre.
The type/amount was advised for me, didnt have to provide that info to them. Its the same stuff they use for their engine rebuilds.
Quote from: GrizzlyWell after alot of searching and asking about i\'ve used Rubber Hose from Mazda.
Alot of people say Viton is the way to go but i here once it gets oily the pipes tend to slip of quite easy, Sillicone is a bit hit and miss, i have had some experiance with it going soft at highish temps but i here its quite good?
But after Thinking alot about it the OE pipe has lasted over 10 years and thats all i ask of it so i went for OE.
How much did the mazda hose cost i need to do mine this week?
Cheers Danny