coolant line hose fix

[yankees1919]

Does anyone know how to patch a piece of hose temporarily...The hose on My coolant line to my turbo has a hole and wont hold antifreeze, and i need to get my car home...Cant really work on it where it is so i need a really quick fix so i can drive a few miles home...Any help would be awesome

 

[GUY]

your best fix would just be replacing the torn hose. but for a temp fix go to autozone or orileys. and pick up a piece of there hydraulic line hose that is just big enough to fit around the stock hose. fit the hose on it and tighten it with those cheap hose clamps.

 

[Ellipse]

Whats stopping you from going down to mitsubishi and buying a new hose, but at the same time allowing you to go someplace else to get a temp fix? And wont places like autozone and kregen carry common parts like this?

 

[Defiant]

Does anyone know how to patch a piece of hose temporarily

Not that I'd drive a turbo on. Sorry.

 

[blackGSX2g]

There really isn't anything that I would trust to hold back 13psi and all that heat.

Run to autozone/advance auto and pick up some fuel/hydraulic/coolant line. Every time I have gone in there looking for a bit of it, they always give it to me for free, so its not as expensive as the dealership.

 

[jastermerrel]

If a few miles is all you need, as in 2 or 3. Then depending on the size of the leak just wrap it up good and tight with duct tape. Really good and REALLY tight. Dont drive it like it is ok or anything. Just take it REAL easy to get back home and keep your eyes on the water temp. If it starts fluctuating and rising at all above normal then you are running out of water. This worked for me on a small leak on a rubber turbo water line about a month ago. I only had a couple of miles to go as well. Do it at your own car's risk though.

 

[g_ferg]

same thing i was going to say duct tape can do wounders for temp fix's.......

 

[napkinthief]

tow truck. better spend 85 bucks on a tow than spend 4$ on some duct tape and have it fail, or the autozone thing works too

and if u have enough slack on the line, maybe cut it and reattach it after the point of leak

 

[heppm01]

I had this exact same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. I tried duct tape, and it wouldn't hold more that a couple minutes (that antifreeze is slippery!) I also tried to slide the hose down a littler further and clamp opposite the hole, but it just split more.

What I ended up doing was cutting a section out of my valve cover breather line and using that to replace the split hose. The ID is just a wee bit smaller, so your flow to the turbo will be reduced (so don't go nuts on it). This fix got me 20 miles down the road to a Napa where I was able to buy the correct hose.

Good luck,

M