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Paul Glasson Paul Glasson is offline
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RHD Radiator hoses holes worn by pulley

I have recently had work done on my car,bypass of oil cooler and flush cooling system,full service,front disc replacement which cost me about $1400. After the repairs my car was loosing water and I saw the top radiator hose had touched the fan belt pulley and made a hole. The mechanic charged another $150 to replace the hose and flush the system (4 hours labour). I have had the car 5 years without this problem and a few weeks after the repair this happens. He claims the radiator mounting rubbers are worn and radiator was moving forward causing this to happen. Went to agent and he says movement of radiator is normal and it was a crap job and payment should be stopped. What do you guys think.
Can anyone tell me if radiator hoses for Right Hand Drive and LHD 944's are the same or mirror image parts? An upper radiator hose here costs $80 approximately and Pelican charges $20 so I am sure with shipping it is still cheaper. The bottom hose also has a nick in it so I wish to replace that. PN944-106-237-05-M101
Can anyone also tell me at what pressure the cooling system runs? I had a 100kpa (15psi) expansion bottle cap which was only pressurising to 70 kpa (approx10psi) so have purchased one from the agent rated 150Kpa
Old 10-09-2006, 12:05 AM
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