Silicon coolant hoses?
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From: Central Maine
Silicon coolant hoses?
Just wanted to know if any of you guys have used the silicon coolant hoses.
I saw a 9 piece set on ebay for about 64.00 bucks,30 day money back and 5 year warrantee.
Reason i'm curious is that a set of regular hoses is like 200.00 bucks but silicon hoses should be better ,it's just the low price that has me wondering?
I'm planning to replace all the hoses and flush the whole cooling system in the spring and while i got all the hoses out of the way i will change the wires and plugs as well.
Previous owner replaced the water pump ,thermostat and some of the hoses but most are still original.
Do the knock sensors come out easily or is it going to be a battle to get them off?
Any input would be appreciated,car is a '92 LT1.
I saw a 9 piece set on ebay for about 64.00 bucks,30 day money back and 5 year warrantee.
Reason i'm curious is that a set of regular hoses is like 200.00 bucks but silicon hoses should be better ,it's just the low price that has me wondering?
I'm planning to replace all the hoses and flush the whole cooling system in the spring and while i got all the hoses out of the way i will change the wires and plugs as well.
Previous owner replaced the water pump ,thermostat and some of the hoses but most are still original.
Do the knock sensors come out easily or is it going to be a battle to get them off?
Any input would be appreciated,car is a '92 LT1.
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Do some research on line. From what I read they are OK for a race car but not for a daily driver or street cruiser. It seems that they supposedly bleed through the silicone over time. Not sure - just what I read on a couple of sites.
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From: Central Maine
Thanks for the input guys,i got all winter to research and decide.
