Anyone have any experience with silicone hose? I need to replace my heater hoses and from what I've read silicone is the way to go, but I have a couple questions. I searched for posts on the subject but wasn't able to find anything.
First, is it really the way to go?
Second, I can buy the hose in bulk, but of course it's all straight tubing, is it flexable enough to bend without kinking in a heater hose configuration? I plan on leaving the metal tubing sections in place and just cut off the crimp-on connection and replace the hoses with the silicone hose using hose clamps. I plan to eventually replace the larger radiator hoses with silicone as well but those hoses are new, so it's not a high priority. I do realize without using pre-formed hoses the routing would have to be planned well and tied away from any moving parts and all the hardware such as the bleeder will have to go back inline.
Third, are there any other considerations in using silicone hose?
I'm hoping silicone will provide a bit more peace of mind knowing that it's more durable. Thanks in advance.
First, is it really the way to go?
Second, I can buy the hose in bulk, but of course it's all straight tubing, is it flexable enough to bend without kinking in a heater hose configuration? I plan on leaving the metal tubing sections in place and just cut off the crimp-on connection and replace the hoses with the silicone hose using hose clamps. I plan to eventually replace the larger radiator hoses with silicone as well but those hoses are new, so it's not a high priority. I do realize without using pre-formed hoses the routing would have to be planned well and tied away from any moving parts and all the hardware such as the bleeder will have to go back inline.
Third, are there any other considerations in using silicone hose?
I'm hoping silicone will provide a bit more peace of mind knowing that it's more durable. Thanks in advance.
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