The pipes from Hell! you're not kidding!!!

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Ok cheers mate. So when I take the heat shield off hopefully it should be obvious where that bracket is?


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I'm having this issue with my Tubbie, although turning the heater/fans off seems to make it stop?
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Turning the heater off will prevent any flow along these pipes. It may be that the leak in the pipe is so small that coolant isn't lost when the pipes are cool. Heat will slightly expand the pipes and 'open' the hole in the metal tubes.

It will only get worse - and you'll need the heater in the winter!!
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You mean if you have your heater on cold it never overheats from leaking coolant?
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Yeah true, wish I had thought of doing that before! Although to be honest dont think it will make much of a difference.
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Good write ups guys,and some perfect pictures (i need a new camera)

Just a quick silly question ,do these heater pipes need to be so big 19mm?
i was thinking along the lines of feeding smaller diameter pipes through the old ones?
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It won't work. To get around the bends in the existing pipes a hose would need to be extremely thin so as to avoid snagging. You would also need to source some adaptors to connect the hose to the 19mm tubes at each end.
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Also, wouldn't have thought it would be a good idea to change the diameter from what Toyota originally designed it to be and probably for a good reason. Im guessing changing it could effect the flowrate, pressure, etc.

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how much wud it cost to get a leaking pipe fixed? is it like hundreds of £?
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To buy the parts as described will be around 50 quid. the labour will be about 3-4 hours including a coolant re-bleed.

If you aren't planning to do it yourself I would print these pages off and show them to a mechanic before he starts. This will keep his labour costs to a minimum and enable him to give you an accurate quote.

The work isn't complicated and certainly doesn't need a specialist. However unless the garage knows what it's up against they will be reluctant to commit themselves to a fixed price.
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***WORD OF WARNING!***

If you are losing coolant and suspect these pipes, don't put it off!
The result I was kindly handed when I just ignored the leak and kept topping up the coolant when it got low was a blown head gasket and a very large repair bill of nearly £1000!

As a temporary solution, if you aren't going to be able to work on the car for a while, just disconnect the heater pipes at the junction in the engine bay, and suffer like I have for a year! No hot air, but at least your engine is protected and cooled! I still need to get underneath and fit a new rubber hose as the illustrated process above depicts.
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For people in Manchester:

I'm looking at purchasing 22ft of hose from Atlantic Rubber in Altrincham. Will let you know how much it cost me...

Weblink: Atlantic Rubber hoses :roll:
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dervbas wrote:***WORD OF WARNING!***

If you are losing coolant and suspect these pipes, don't put it off!
The result I was kindly handed when I just ignored the leak and kept topping up the coolant when it got low was a blown head gasket and a very large repair bill of nearly £1000!

As a temporary solution, if you aren't going to be able to work on the car for a while, just disconnect the heater pipes at the junction in the engine bay, and suffer like I have for a year! No hot air, but at least your engine is protected and cooled! I still need to get underneath and fit a new rubber hose as the illustrated process above depicts.
just disconnect the heater pipes at the junction in the engine bay

Do anybody have a pic of this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I bet this is where my car is leaking...I can't find a coolant leak at all but the level is going down regularly......unless it's the pipes right in the middle of the car...hmmm will have to check though.

Cheers for the heads up there.
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