Cooling hoses - Can't find replacements

vitorjcc said:

Thank you for the link, I have asked if he sends it to Portugal since it's listed as not available to deliver here.

I think that you all the connections an curvatures to build one it's going to be a nightmare

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Kits exist made specifically for the Mondeo V6 but they are crazy expensive, finding pipes with the right bends and linking them to make your own would be cheaper, its only got to go in the right directions and not be a 1:1 match of the original.

What is leaking, can you cut out just that section and add a new section in only in that place?

This is a pic of someone with a kit by Samco, that kit is loads of money, they exist but DIY is the far cheaper option.

I did the same on a Rover 800 Diesel, when towing up long steep hills the temperature used to rise.
Only heppened when towing.

Added a manual switch and a heavy duty relay so that I could bring the temperature down before the hill
and kept the temperature middle on the gauge when at the top of the hill.

If you do that make sure you use a heavy duty relay. Switch and trigger wire only needs to pass a small
amount of power that way. I was thinking of adding an additional radiator to increase the coolant
capacity also but the switch was a simple fix and it worked.


EDIT: I forgot something I did years before that on a tuned Classic Mini. Drill small holes around the outer
ring of the thermostat. That allows a small amount of coolant to cycle even when the thermostat is closed.

Pushing further you could add a slim radiator or several heater cores and a waterpump off a prius or similar
which will circulate the coolant giving extra capacity at the same time. I have a prius waterpump running
on a eberspacher heater, far cheaper than the genuine items.