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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.

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....

GBHgpJON wrote: Just my opinion like.........

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'....

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 .

Stainless steel pipes done now........I took the view that as I'm not planning on selling my van ever that I may as well do a job for life

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.

The marine wet exhaust pipe is wired internally so you wouldn't need anything else like metal bends and does not collapse when clipped.