silicone hoses

[carpy33]

Gents/Ladies,
Does anyone have details for the hose diameters for a 2001 Terrano. Looking to replace most of the hoses including radiator and intercooler however i havent found anyone that does a radiator/intercooler kit. Don't really want to take the hoses off, measure them and then find i cant source some replacements or worse split them in the process.

:doh

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Just changed my Intercooler hoses as I lifted it back up to meet the bonnet after the body lift...

The large one is 65mm I/D about 50mm long and the smaller one is 54mm I/D about 70mm long.

Can't help with the other hoses though, not changed them yet.

 

[carpy33]

:thumb2

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Oh, and while I think of it, the pipes that run from the Thermostat housing to the heater matrix are 19/20mm, but you will need 6 or 7 right angle joins, as the normal heater hose you can buy, kinks round the bends it need to take, to pass under the Intercooler, and round the back onto the bulk head.

 

[carpy33]

It's a pain in the bottom that no one does a upgraded silicone hose package for the terrano or a manual to show sizes of hose etc. I guess I shall change the pipes I know and slowly replace the others when the T2 isn't in use.

Thanks for the info though Lazy-Ferret :thumbs

 

[Sweety]

Great info Clive:thumbs want to change my IC hoses so I know they are good & for a little under bonnet bling:lol With the coolant hoses carpy33 your prob going to need a few alloy joiners & different angle bends to make your own pipe work up sadly

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Great info Clive:thumbs want to change my IC hoses so I know they are good & for a little under bonnet bling:lol With the coolant hoses carpy33 your prob going to need a few alloy joiners & different angle bends to make your own pipe work up sadly

Mine is slowly going red..:lol

 

[carpy33]

Great info Clive:thumbs want to change my IC hoses so I know they are good & for a little under bonnet bling:lol With the coolant hoses carpy33 your prob going to need a few alloy joiners & different angle bends to make your own pipe work up sadly

I want to change most of the hoses so i can be sure that everything is working as it should be and i don't suffer with any sudden breakdowns. Im currently changing the fuel leak off pipe work as i seem to have aquired a leak from some where???. The coolant needs to be changed too so will prop replace the hoses when i do that job which was the main reason i started the thread really.

Great job on the colour change Lazy-Ferret

:thumb2

 

[Sweety]

Mine is slowly going red..:lol

That's the most blinged up T2 engine bay i've seen:thumbs will have to get my finger out & rob a bank so i've got the money to keep up with you:lol

 

[makeitfit]

You can have silicone hoses made to copy your existing ones. Not cheap, but then buying 5 elbows and bits of tube and loads of clips cost lots and looks poo anyway :nenau
Here's mine by the way :naughty

:lol no really this one is , I like black

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

I like a clean engine bay, but that top one is a bit OTT...

So was that black IC pipe custom made, or an off the shelf pipe?

 

[makeitfit]

I like a clean engine bay, but that top one is a bit OTT...

So was that black IC pipe custom made, or an off the shelf pipe?

The OTT is what I'm aiming for on my 2.9 cossie :naughty
The black ones are modified off the shelf ones I used for my big I/C project. It's important to get good thick hoses and not cheap ones or the boost will get you

 

[revolvor]

If any one has a spare set of hoses for a pattern and wants to make some solid moulds out of round tube with tubes welded on to mimic the originals ( for the silicone to be wrapped around) a company near me in Derbyshire called DPH will make you hose kits suitable for resale if you wish.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Just to add....

Top hose is 40mm at the thermostat end, 35mm at the radiator end.

Pipe that runs from radiator cap to expansion tank is 8mm.

Edited to add, I measured the bits the pipe connects to with a vernier.. but then I found this, which says the pipe is 1mm smaller..
http://www.onlineautomotive.com.au/Mackay-Radiator-Hose-Top-Terrano-CH3053

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

This is the bottom hose..

http://www.burpengaryautospares.com.au/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4539

 

[carpy33]

Just changed my Intercooler hoses as I lifted it back up to meet the bonnet after the body lift...

The large one is 65mm I/D about 50mm long and the smaller one is 54mm I/D about 70mm long.

Whas the size of the intercooler pipe directly above the intercooler? Is that the smaller one or larger diameter one?? Looking at teeing into it for the boost gauge.

Can't help with the other hoses though, not changed them yet.

Whas the size of the intercooler pipe directly above the intercooler? Is that the smaller one or larger diameter one?? Looking at teeing into it for the boost gauge

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Not sure I quite understand the question.

The large pipes leading up to the intercooler are 54mm and 65mm, but unless you have a body lift, the pipes are very short, and would not be practical to connect into, as there is probably less than 10mm between the manifold/turbo ports and the Intercooler ports. There are no pipes above the intercooler.

Most people T off the waste gate actuator of the turbo for a boost gauge.

When I fitted my boost gauge, I wanted the pressure at the manifold end, rather than the turbo end, so I could use it to check for leaks as well, so ended up getting a Banjo bolt connector with a long banjo bolt. I drilled and tapped the intercooler above the outlet port, and then put the banjo bolt through, but as the casting it quite thin, I doubled up, and used liquid steel to fix a nut on the inside as well. I then connected the boost gauge to that... Simples....

 

[Madmark]

Mine is slowly going red..:lol

Slightly off topic but lazy ferret I see a sneaky manual boost controller in there have you raised boost if so what to

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Slightly off topic but lazy ferret I see a sneaky manual boost controller in there have you raised boost if so what to

Wow... well spotted....

I got it mainly because it contains a valve, that stops the wastegate partially opening early. Basically, the way the T2 is normally set up, as the Turbo pressure increases, it starts to open the wastegate, and the higher the pressure, the wider the gate is, until it fully opens. The controller has a valve, so stops anything getting to the wastegate until it exceeds about 8psi. This makes the gate more digital On/Off, rather than analogue, slowly opening from about 3psi, so helps to maintains the turbo boost at the lower revs and get the turbo to spin up quicker.

As far as the controller goes though, with the combination of the MAFAmp, and wastegate valve, opening the controller more than about half a turn, takes the boost up too high, and when I hit about 14psi, it drops the car into limp mode, so I have it set to 10, which basically means under normal driving it runs at about 10 PSI, but hard accelerating, and towing, it will hit 12.

 

[carpy33]

Not sure I quite understand the question.

The large pipes leading up to the intercooler are 54mm and 65mm, but unless you have a body lift, the pipes are very short, and would not be practical to connect into, as there is probably less than 10mm between the manifold/turbo ports and the Intercooler ports. There are no pipes above the intercooler.

Most people T off the waste gate actuator of the turbo for a boost gauge.

When I fitted my boost gauge, I wanted the pressure at the manifold end, rather than the turbo end, so I could use it to check for leaks as well, so ended up getting a Banjo bolt connector with a long banjo bolt. I drilled and tapped the intercooler above the outlet port, and then put the banjo bolt through, but as the casting it quite thin, I doubled up, and used liquid steel to fix a nut on the inside as well. I then connected the boost gauge to that... Simples....

It was meant to say the pipe above the turbo in to the intercooler lol. Have seen a pipe with 6mm off set leg so basically a 3 way silicone pipe. The bottom of the pipe to the top of turbo, the top to the intercooler and the spurred off 6mm leg connected to the boost pipe. Does that make it any clearer?? Basically want to know the diameter of the pipe from top of turbo to intercooler.