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Old 4th April 2011, 10:36 AM
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I know it sounds a bit 'Scottish', but I taped mine up with insulation tape.

I put pukka pipes on later but the tape looked like it would have lasted for years. My awkward pipe was well perished and badly split.

Good use of 10p worth of tape. It stopped the lethal cutting out that made the car deadly to drive but cheap to buy!
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Old 11th May 2011, 10:14 AM
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Does anyone know roughly how long the two hoses are?
I'm just trying to order some silicone replacements and want to see if there is maybe some elbows with the right length legs to make them fit with just cutting one side for the cam cover side.

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I just bought a meter of this flexi hose which will hopefully do the job...

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Old 26th May 2011, 12:23 PM
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i just replaced one of mine and i still have the other which i dont need to replace . i will measure it for you and try measure the one which i have replaced.the old one became bubblegum so can measure that.
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Old 28th May 2011, 09:10 AM
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The flexi rubber hose from ebay worked well, i have only done the pass side one for now as the other one is not split but it worked fine so i can confirm that this is a very cheap option for replacement breather hoses.
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Old 28th May 2011, 03:00 PM
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The flexi rubber hose from ebay worked well, i have only done the pass side one for now as the other one is not split but it worked fine so i can confirm that this is a very cheap option for replacement breather hoses.


So is 1 metre enough for both sides?
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Old 11th June 2011, 07:52 PM
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Sorry for the late reply.
Looks like it will be more then enough yes.
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