Why does hose keep falling off? Tried everything, PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Re: Why does hose keep falling off? Tried everything, PLEASE HELP!!!! (robertpel9)
I've got a fix that works and you don't need to reapply it each time you remove the duct.
Get a dremel with a metal cutting/grinding bit. Using the dremel grind away a little plastic around the circumference of the front edge of the airbox lip so the outermost part has a raised lip where the hose slips around it. Doing this gives the hose something to bite into. After you do this and clamp it down it shouldn't come off.
IMO the hose slips off on the 90 and later airboxes because the hose is trying to hold onto a basically smooth surface and it has nothing to hold onto so to speak.
I get lotsa blank looks when I suggest this but it really does work. My duct NEVER pops off now. I'm gonna take some pictures and post them here (will take a few days because I don't have a digicam).
Get a dremel with a metal cutting/grinding bit. Using the dremel grind away a little plastic around the circumference of the front edge of the airbox lip so the outermost part has a raised lip where the hose slips around it. Doing this gives the hose something to bite into. After you do this and clamp it down it shouldn't come off.
IMO the hose slips off on the 90 and later airboxes because the hose is trying to hold onto a basically smooth surface and it has nothing to hold onto so to speak.
I get lotsa blank looks when I suggest this but it really does work. My duct NEVER pops off now. I'm gonna take some pictures and post them here (will take a few days because I don't have a digicam).
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Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Sydney, Australia
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Re: Why does hose keep falling off? Tried everything, PLEASE HELP!!!! (robertpel9)
one more question. What changed in the 90 and 91 L98 engine causing this to happen. It seems that lonly people with those years have the problem. Any ideas?? BTW it's cruise night tonight and i still havent fixed it. I amgoing to glue it i think but havent had the time. Hope if she pops off i am not hurting her.
