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Hi all.
I'm a new and proud T25 owner - its got many niggles but I'm trying to work them out.
One being the cooker. Its not working. I'm trying to trace the fault so started with checking the regulator. I've cut it off the gas pipe and fitted it to the butane gas bottle. Seems to work fine, but any good tips on how to get the blooming thing back on the pipe?
Cheers and expect more requests for help in the future!

If you mean hose back onto regulator, dip the end in hot water until it softens and push on.

A dab of fairy liquid and a circular motion if you're talking about the rubber hose.

(must type faster)

Thanks for the advice!

Do not use washing up liquid or any other soapy solution on LPG hoses to help slide over fittings or to try to locate a gas leak as they contain salts & other things that will dry out the rubber eventually & cause the hose to crack & possibly allow a gas escape, as said in other reply try to soften the hose by dipping in warm water, also check the date of manufacture on the hose as LPG hoses are recommended to be replaced 5 years after the date of manufacture.

Just make sure the water isn't above 70'C as this will exceed the recommended temperature range for a nitrile lined hose. Heating the hose can also cause the bond between the liner and the cover to break down. And lastly the hoses tend to be reinforced with a synthetic thread which won't often stretch when heated but will actually contract making the hose bore smaller.

If you want to do it properly.

http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Hos ... tes-478144

"I'll get me coat"

Cheers once again.
Weather/children permitting I might make it out to the van tomorrow and try the hot water technique.
Then chase the fault back to the hob, hopefully find the problem without too much fuss and expense.
After that an annoying temp gauge fault... Not an uncommon one from past threads, but that's for another day.

Cheers.