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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: RobMatthews on August 01, 2011, 10:51:48 AM

Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: RobMatthews on August 01, 2011, 10:51:48 AM
I am after these silicone pipe bungs, finding them seems quite difficuilt due to me being crap at internet searches lol

merlin have one but i want a couple various sizes any ideas?(-no i dont want to have a small piece of silicone pipe and bolt to blank it off with)

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p15298/SAMCO-SILICONE-BLANKING-CAP-19mm-BORE/product_info.html

something a bit cheaper will be nice to lol
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: PDale on August 01, 2011, 12:07:29 PM
If you search for vacuum caps it will come up with some decent search results. You will find you have to buy stupidly large amounts though as no one sells a \'kit\' of various sizes, which sucks....

Don\'t buy cheap quality ones either as I heard they split easily and obviously a pain to replace if they\'re in a tight location, i.e everything fully assembled!

Next time I need some caps I\'m going to do what another member on here suggested and buy some solid rubber hose, cut to desired length and drill out whatever internal bore size I need. Good points are: Rubber is going to be more hard wearing than silicone, cheap, create any size you need.
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: B.Martin on August 01, 2011, 12:58:43 PM
Can\'t you get them from demon tweeks as well?
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: MaLicE on August 01, 2011, 03:34:37 PM
i would check they will take the temps and water... i had some that after 1 start of the car they all went PFFFFFFT and squirted coolant everywhere.

i would say either use hose and a bolt or get the pipes welded up.
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: B.Martin on August 06, 2011, 09:29:50 PM
Did you find any samco ones cheaper than £9?? I\'ve only found silver cheapo eBay ones for a £5er and forge ones for similar price, would prefer a samco one same colour as my hoses!
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: m1tch on August 06, 2011, 11:26:17 PM
I have got my hoses from here if you need some generic sorts, they do good quality reducers and also thick walled vac hose:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/REGALS-Motorsport
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: B.Martin on August 07, 2011, 09:01:15 AM
Nice one mate, I\'ll check it out proper on Monday at work :D
Title: where to buy silicone pipe bungs?
Post by: RobMatthews on August 07, 2011, 07:11:54 PM
Hi benji i\'ve not really looked! there dont seem to be much in the way of silicone blanks on the market that are easily available, plenty of alloy bungs etc but nothing to plug a pipe.
If the rear iron was off i would cut the nipple off, thread and plug it.