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Offline Mvjlt

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Radiator hose
« on: April 14, 2010, 12:22:50 AM »
I have a 1987 Suzuki samurai jx I have been noticing that that upper and lower radiator hoses have been sucked flat after my Sammy is warm. I have replaced the radiator cap and thermostat. My question is, are the stock radiator hoses a hard plastic or a hard rubber. I was looking on petroworks.com and they had a hard plastic radiator hose. (mine are rubber) I will probably end up replacing both the upper and lower hose anyway. Do yall know a trusted place on the net to buy them?
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Offline Skyhiranger

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Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2010, 05:00:17 PM »
The hoses are probably just old and getting soft.  Stock radiator hoses are reinforced rubber hoses...that is what I would replace them with.
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Bobthebiker

Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2010, 05:29:13 PM »
I'd just buy them from a local shop.  they're just traditional reinforced rubber hoses, as skyhiranger says.   
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Offline woof359

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Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 10:39:32 AM »
thats because you either have the wrong cap, or it just bad we see that once in a while at our shop. if the hose pops back when you take off the cap its the cap, usally you notice it after the engiine cools down.
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Offline Mvjlt

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Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2010, 08:23:19 PM »
As soon as I take the radiator off you can hear the vacuum releasing and the hoses go back to normal
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Offline rascott

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Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2010, 08:43:31 PM »
sounds like that cap isn't right- it should release pressure as the engine warms up(you have the overflow tank?), then let it draw back as it cools down.
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Offline woof359

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Re: Radiator hose
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2010, 09:13:23 AM »
YEP, BAD VALVE IN CAP, WE SEE THAT ONCE IN A WHILE. NEW CAP, CHEEP FIX
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