955i

New Member

• Jul 5, 2010

• #1

Had the top radiator hose on the Disco go on me yesterday about 80 miles from home. Tried to fix it with tape (failed miserably) so we limped to the mother in laws to try and find some better fix.

While we were looking for stuff to try I saw one of their pushbikes and had a brainwave.

Got one of their repair kits out and treated the split like a puncture, putting the patch on and wrapping duck tape round it.

Worked a treat and got home with no loss of coolant at all

Puncture kit takes up very little space and could get you out of a pickle one day. I will certainly carry one from now on!

 

fanatic

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• Jul 5, 2010

• #2

Or hose tape

 

ratty

I'm not special I'm limited edition

• Jul 5, 2010

• #3

silicone compression tape aka ALFA tape or rescue tape is yer best bet. It can be used on coolant, fuel and turbo hoses.

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• Jul 5, 2010

• #4

self amalgamating tape is good an all.

 

ratty

I'm not special I'm limited edition

• Jul 5, 2010

• #5

redhand said:

self amalgamating tape is good an all.

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That's yet another name for what I said.

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• Jul 5, 2010

• #6

ratty said:

That's yet another name for what I said.

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Shud ov had a fooking disclaimer then.


"This product is known as self amalgamating tape and is available from other suppliers"

Ya spamming Bastid.....

 

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Chameleon

New Member

• Aug 8, 2010

• #7

Great idea, thanks.

 

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frosty2008

New Member

• Aug 13, 2010

• #8

cant believe my luck . i have just discovered a split in one of the coolant hoses at lunch today then stumbled on this thread. i shall be going to my local hardware store tomorrow to pick up some of the tape .

you guys rock

 

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CharlesY

Well-Known Member

• Aug 15, 2010

• #9

frosty2008 said:

cant believe my luck . i have just discovered a split in one of the coolant hoses at lunch today then stumbled on this thread. i shall be going to my local hardware store tomorrow to pick up some of the tape .

you guys rock

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Why don't you go an buy a new hose instead?

 

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frosty2008

New Member

• Aug 16, 2010

• #10

will be doing just that when i
a) get round to it works manic at the moment
and b) get some money to re do all the hoses