How The &^%$ Do I Get This Water Line Off !

[Birnie]

I;ve tried so many ways and i can;t see, nor can i get around there with my hands to find where the metal line meets the rubber hose.

Crickey !

I need help!!!

[CEF11E]

Yes that is a pig of a hose.

you will need a long set of needle nose pliers to get the clamp off and then spray a tiny squirt of wd40 inside and outside the hose and twist. it will come off.

getting it back on is another story...

[MANWHORE]

yeah, there's no easy way out. You need tiny hands. Try and undo the clamp anyway you can.

Either a long screw driver if you can, or needle nose pliers.

I cut an 8 mm spanner in half and got my hand in (I lubed it up with soap and got it in - yes i was scared i'd never get it back out)

once you get the clamp undone enough, you can get the line out, by pulling the line itself from outside

If you're installing the hks turbo and replacing the line with a braided one, I have no idea how on earth you'll get the new line in.

[Slide]

The water line that runs around the back of the head is bolted to the head with a 10mm head bolt the same as the ones holding your fenders to the chassis.

Remove the heater hoses and push them up to gain access to it.

There is only one and its in the center of the head.

You can also access it by removing the valleycover and pushing the wire out of the way.

Remove the bonnet also it makes it much easier to see.

Why would you want to remove it though?

You can just cut the other water line pipe (return from the turbo) and join them with some high temp hose.

[MANWHORE]

what he said above

Edited February 23, 2007 by MANWHORE

[BHDave]

Been there, done that. Not fun.

Having 2 people to remove it helps, one holds the hose and the other yanks on the metal line.

For install of braided lines atleast you can bend the rubber hose up and fit the barbed end of the braided line, then feed the other end of the line back around the back of the head.

[Birnie]

The water line that runs around the back of the head is bolted to the head with a 10mm head bolt the same as the ones holding your fenders to the chassis.

Remove the heater hoses and push them up to gain access to it.

There is only one and its in the center of the head.

You can also access it by removing the valleycover and pushing the wire out of the way.

Remove the bonnet also it makes it much easier to see.

Why would you want to remove it though?

You can just cut the other water line pipe (return from the turbo) and join them with some high temp hose.

Just hacksaw the metal pipe off, probably as close to the turbo as possible????

I guess I'm worried about metal filing getting in there and also, there would be no lip to stop the pipe coming off..(or would that not be a problem ? )

[Devils_Advocate21]

i found mine really easy to remove its not that hard at all But the above are about as usefull information as you can get

[tridentt150v]

Have a go ya mug!!!

Actually to tell the truth, mine was held on with the hose clamps that you pinch together with a set of long handled pointy pliers [$10 at Crazy Joes or Micks or somesuch]. The hose was a bit stuck, so I used a long thin screwdriver to work under between the hose and the metal pipe and some WD40 and it came out easy. Don't ask me how to put it back on, I haven't got that far yet..........lol.

PS I don't have a valley cover. that probably made it easier. Actually I found the bolts that screw into the block that hold the stays on this hose harder to get off than the hose.

[MANWHORE]

metal filings are not really an issue wiht that particular hose. That is just a coolant hose, so ti's just the cooling system - just water.

Ther'ell be plentny of shit in there anyways, like everytime I dropped the coolant in my daily driver (not my skyline), there's all rust, and crap that comes out.

Don't get metal in the oil lines though. Totally different story

[Kaido_RR]

cut it! put some rubber hoses (one which is high temp rating) then join it back up together

if u get me (so you will need to cut out a section and replace that small section (5cm longs give or take) with the rubber hose

[MANWHORE]

It's not that easy mike, coz jase is getting the line replaced as part of the turbo install.

Also, I'd replace that rubber hose at the back. Someone recently, forgot who it was had the hose blow (they're' 10 years old afterall). Better do it now while the turbo is off. Imagine if it blows in 6 months time and having to do it with the turbo on!

If you cut the line, keep in mind that the cooling system is under pressure (up to 0.8bar). Without a bead around the line, the hose can possibly blow off. Imagine having the line blow off on a hot day as you're driving along the freeway. bye bye engine

[Ol_Mate]

I've just cut mine, about 30mm before it bends around behind the head. I went to pirtek and bought a compression gland to adapt some braided stainless teflon hose on. works great and looks good, and heat isn't an issue.

If ya want photos I can get some.

[Kaido_RR]

It's not that easy mike, coz jase is getting the line replaced as part of the turbo install.

that is wat i did when i replace my turbo with a HKS turbo. and the hks turbo came with a braided line. so i cut it just before the bent.

basicly the same as "Ol_Mate" did!

[MANWHORE]

I would still change it in case if it pops later. Big hassle.

I don't know if I just have small arms, but we didn't have that much trouble getting it out. Was a while, but I don't see it taking longer than about 20 minutes

[Craved]

undo the bolt behind the head, then un hook that entire line from the back of the plenum... and yes replace that section onto the plenum, mine let go after my turbo upgrade, wasnt easy to get to with it all bolted back up.

you could just remove the solid line all together and run the braid from the back of the plenum

[Birnie]

I've just cut mine, about 30mm before it bends around behind the head. I went to pirtek and bought a compression gland to adapt some braided stainless teflon hose on. works great and looks good, and heat isn't an issue.

If ya want photos I can get some.

Photos would be great !

So you didn;t need a lip on the end of the pipe with that gland thing?

[`nigno]

undo the bolt behind the head, then un hook that entire line from the back of the plenum... and yes replace that section onto the plenum, mine let go after my turbo upgrade, wasnt easy to get to with it all bolted back up.

you could just remove the solid line all together and run the braid from the back of the plenum

Exactly what I did, you dont wanna be ripping that son of a ***** off more than once in your lifetime My knuckles have never been the same since /emo.

[MANWHORE]

Exactly what I did, you dont wanna be ripping that son of a ***** off more than once in your lifetime My knuckles have never been the same since /emo.

Do it right, do it once

You can do it. Motivational thread for jase. go jase go jase go jase

Edited February 23, 2007 by MANWHORE

[Ol_Mate]

heres some pics