Rad hose split?

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Boris113

Boris113

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Hey guys, one of the hoses from my rad to overflow tank came lose and hit the fan, it didn't cut it but put a nice slice in it. I bodged it with duck tape and leccy tape over the top to do the 8 miles home and fitting the new hose in a sec but was just wondering if there is special tape to fix things like that with?

I remember talking to someone about expedition prep and he mentioned amalgamating tape or something? Is this right?

Cheers, Harry
 
Boris113 said:
Hey guys, one of the hoses from my rad to overflow tank came lose and hit the fan, it didn't cut it but put a nice slice in it. I bodged it with duck tape and leccy tape over the top to do the 8 miles home and fitting the new hose in a sec but was just wondering if there is special tape to fix things like that with?

I remember talking to someone about expedition prep and he mentioned amalgamating tape or something? Is this right?

Cheers, Harry
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Rescue tape, Alfa tape, amalgamation tape, compression tape. They are all the same name for the same product.

It's a silicone based tape that has no sticky. It sticks to itself. I've used it on a fair few coolant hoses and also a large quantity of fuel pipes, fuel filters and turbo hoses. I wouldn't reccomend it as a permanent repair but to get you hope it's bloody brilliant.
 
Cheers Ratty, gonna stick a roll in my box that lives in the 90 just in case.

Just replaced the hose with a nice bit of braided hose i 'found' in the garage...dad's now searching the garage for an identical bit that he left there a while ago to fix something on his 90 -he could be there a while! ;):D
 
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