Water pipes

Post by **unhappy camper** » 10 Jul 2008, 11:22

Hi,the metal water pipes on my 1985 Caravelle are perished. I've just looked on Just Kampers and they sell a flange that looks like you just fasten a rubber hose to.Would this do? Mine has gone from the right hand side of the engine block to the bottom of the water pump.Also the metal pipe that runs from the top right hand side of engine into the thermostat housing. Has anyone had similar problems? I thought I could just get the pipes braised but the metal is too thin. We where hoping to get away for the night on saturday but that is looking unlikely

I would have thought JK would sell these because I would have thought it would be a fairly common problem. Any help or advice would be very welcome. Thanks Don

Post by **HarryMann** » 10 Jul 2008, 11:26

Hi,the metal water pipes on my 1985 Caravelle are perished.

Metal rusts, rubber perishes - which is it?

What is the engine type please, Caravelle doesn't quite provide that info!

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Post by **unhappy camper** » 10 Jul 2008, 14:06

Hi,sorry 1985,1915cc petrol,water cooled. The metal water pipes have rusted through.

Post by **HarryMann** » 10 Jul 2008, 15:56

Thers 3 set of water pipes on the DG

025 121 081D (big'un, across engine really more of a water maniold?) 081C if its a DF

025 121 180A Front

Front 025 121 151 and 171 (joined with hose)

All would be between £35 to £60 I imagine each!

If the terminations are really in good nick I suppose you could hose them together... with top quality hose.

But I know little about Dgs so wait for soemone else to say what the normal repair is for these, who does know!

Post by **jaylo264** » 10 Jul 2008, 18:30

Harry Mann , how do you find out the part numbers for DG ? I use ETKA, but the most recent transporter it will now post up is 1991 , not much use for my 1986 DG wboxer . Get ETKA thru audi site . Do you have a better version ?
cheers , jaylo

Post by **HarryMann** » 10 Jul 2008, 18:43

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Post by **unhappy camper** » 10 Jul 2008, 18:46

Thanks for the replies. I am going to cut off the metal at the rotten part and use rubber hose. If anyone is interested I will let you know if it works or not. Thanks Don

Post by **HarryMann** » 10 Jul 2008, 18:53

Well clean and deburr the edges very well and find a hose that's a very good fit and use high quality clamps, again of the right size range, so there are no flats, else you'll have leaks - there not being any swages. Support the hoses well at md-length.
If you have problems, try twin hose-clips with a small gap betwen them

Best of luck with it.

Post by **skell** » 11 Jul 2008, 12:07

one of mine has been bodged with three hose clips at each end of the rubber section for several years now without any further leakage.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 11 Jul 2008, 19:41

skell wrote:one of mine has been bodged with three hose clips at each end of the rubber section for several years now without any further leakage.

A previous owner has replaced some of my pipework with rather posh stainless steel welded flangytubes. Lucky old me what!
Cheers
Ken