Heater hose leak

[falcone4g63]

Ive got a heater hose leak on my 92 tsi about 2 inches past the clamp that holds it in to the water neck. does anyone know a quick fix so i can drive it about 20 min. home and put a new hose on it? i already tried to tape it and theres no way, it doesnt stick and it is a bi*** to try to wrap it around. what would you guys do?

 

[oldman]

duck tape should do it.

 

[Thunderskull]

You could do what I did. I just cut the part of the hose that was leaking close to the neck and stretched it. I've been running like that for about a year without any problems. There's a little bit of play in the heater hose.

 

[luv2rallye]

You can cut the small piece of the hose out where the leak is and replace it with a piece of pipe (eg. $0.50 for a plumbing extension pipe 2"-4" any hdware store/home depot) which has the same OD as the hoses ID. Two clamps and it's fixed for life.

 

[Forced4]

When mine quit, I just took it off and put that heater hose tape around it and reinstalled it untill I had a new hose.(about 2 days later)

Rich
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