Replacing water pipes alternative

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Why would using stainless be doing the job properly as opposed to using marine exhaust or something else? It is just another solution to the replacement question.
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Oldiebut goodie wrote:Why would using stainless be doing the job properly as opposed to using marine exhaust or something else? It is just another solution to the replacement question.


I hear what you're saying.... :D
GBHgpJON wrote: Just my opinion like......... :idea

Correct fit, ends match connections........less hassle.
Just easier, rather than guessing it might work, which I'm sure it will.
Apologies for ill advised use of the word 'properly'.... :oops:

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i`ve had my pipes replaced with pirtec hoses that are used in hydraulics .they were made to measure on site by a guy in a mobile workshop and do the j job nicely .
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Stainless steel pipes done now........I took the view that as I'm not planning on selling my van ever :rofl :rofl that I may as well do a job for life
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id look into the good quality hose solution if i were you, seen it don twice with huge success. they had both inserted a short length of steel pipe at key points to take up bends etc and to stop the hose collapsing when it was clipped. i know the theory behind doing the job right with stainless but the plastic option a cheaper method and doesnt corrode either.

i fixed a post 86 engine coolant pipe, the big one that runs on the left side of the engine as you look at it, with a large hose from some model of golf or other. it was intended as a temporary repair but 6 years on its still in the van and works fine, it was a neat job and i saw no reason to redo it.
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The marine wet exhaust pipe is wired internally so you wouldn't need anything else like metal bends and does not collapse when clipped.
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