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36 minutes ago, MartinT said:

It was hard to do a neat repair with the top hose in place.  I've now ordered a replacement from Subaru and will wrap it neatly, and re-do the exhaust, before I fit it.

Is there a way to physically increase the gap between the manifold and coolant pipe? I would suggest doing that alongside the heatwrap will be the best approach. Did bulldog do only that part or are selling you the whole radiator pipe kit?

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Just the top hose, which was still more expensive than buying a complete hose kit on eBay from China!

I'll do my best to twist fit it to open up the gap as much as possible.  It'll still only be a few mm, though.

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53 minutes ago, MartinT said:

Just the top hose, which was still more expensive than buying a complete hose kit on eBay from China!

I'll do my best to twist fit it to open up the gap as much as possible.  It'll still only be a few mm, though.

There is a bit of a faff there with Subaru. Toyota comes out cheaper many a times.  The reason for Subaru being a bit more exp on parts is that Subaru of Japan export it to Subaru of Europe  ( i think based in NL iirc) who apply their margin and send it to IM (International Motors), UK franchisee of Subaru. So there are 2 margins and 2 shipping charges added to the product while Toyota Japan buy it from Subaru Japan, stick a label on with part number and send it straight to their Toyota GB saving one round of commission and  shipping.

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Top hose now replaced, wrapped and twisted so that I have a 7mm air gap.  I'm so glad I saw through replacing it, look what the exhaust had done to the underside of the original.

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2 hours ago, MartinT said:

Top hose now replaced, wrapped and twisted so that I have a 7mm air gap.  I'm so glad I saw through replacing it, look what the exhaust had done to the underside of the original.

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Ouch! That could have been very nasty. Will 7mm be enough - still sounds rather close? 

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It's going to have to be, I see no way of opening up more of a gap.

To be honest, it was closer before and took a year to become a problem.  Now that there's no rubbing it should last longer.  Be sure that I'll be monitoring it closely.

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It's going to have to be, I see no way of opening up more of a gap.
To be honest, it was closer before and took a year to become a problem.  Now that there's no rubbing it should last longer.  Be sure that I'll be monitoring it closely.
Well done for doing it yourself and creating a gap between manifold and the pipe. The heat had nearly eaten into the coolant pipe. Did you heat wrap the new pipe?

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