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Author Topic: Breather hoses: what if you leave them off?  (Read 1934 times)

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Re: Breather hoses: what if you leave them off?
« Reply #15 on: 06 January 2010, 11:35:09 »

i have found some on flee-bay that arent shaped. i just need to no the diameters for the pipes, inside and out if anyone knows them
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Re: Breather hoses: what if you leave them off?
« Reply #16 on: 06 January 2010, 13:28:58 »

The problem I have had in the past with replacing fuel/water/vacuum lines on old cars and motorbikes is that you never know until you get the pipes how stretchy they will be.

The best I can suggest is to take a selection of drill bits and find ones that are a snug fit in the existing pipes to get the internal diameter.

The external diameter will be quite a lot larger. Silicone pipes will need to have fat walls otherwise the vacuum will squash/suck them flat (it should only be the carbon canister pipe that gets full vacuum but if the others clog up they may suffer in a couple of years time)
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Re: Breather hoses: what if you leave them off?
« Reply #17 on: 06 January 2010, 14:01:22 »

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The problem I have had in the past with replacing fuel/water/vacuum lines on old cars and motorbikes is that you never know until you get the pipes how stretchy they will be.

The best I can suggest is to take a selection of drill bits and find ones that are a snug fit in the existing pipes to get the internal diameter.

The external diameter will be quite a lot larger. Silicone pipes will need to have fat walls otherwise the vacuum will squash/suck them flat (it should only be the carbon canister pipe that gets full vacuum but if the others clog up they may suffer in a couple of years time)
good idea... i shall probs go do that in a bit as there is not much for me to be doing here at work
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