and another one bites the dust!

[Mr.PFloyd]

hah i blew another hose today. it was the upper rad hose this time. It was again some cheap ass stuff the previous owner put on. Any suggestions on what i should get? I was looking at doing an aluminum myself or just oem toyota (if its not too expensive) Does anyone have any dimesions for the little hose that goes there? i guess i can measure it, but are there really any advantages on goign for an alum other then it looks cooler? Does it dissipate heat any better? Sorry i dont know shit abotu aluminum other then i can bend it easily

 

[Stretch]

Make a steel one. Won't bend like aluminum will, won't flex under pressure like rubber will.
eric

 

[supra90turbo]

What should you do?
Replace them all. Goodyear supplies almost all the hoses, but it it were me, to the Toyota dealer I'd go.

 

[suprajjang]

check on ebay for the cooleeze upper radiator pipe.


edit: here is a link to his store
http://stores.ebay.com/Cooleeze-Custom-Performance

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Either just replace it with a normal hose or go metal, I thought someone made a stainless steel flex hose but I might be thinking of something else.

 

[IHI-RHC7]

All new hoses from toyota is $98.60 on the online EPC, and jeff W. can usually do a tad bit better than that.