I'm replacing the two oil cooler hoses and want to re-use to original fittings. Local venders don't have the 16mm hoses or the correct crimp fittings. Does anyone have a source to rebuild this things to look original ? Much appreciated, Skipp Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Closest guess, is Europe.... Good luck! Regards, Alberto PS. If not in a big rush, like by November, I can arrange something.
Word of advice. Put them back on the car and mark the hose to the fitting. Go to a place that deals with hoses like forklifts etc. they can re use the fittings so I thought based on fchat. When I went to put them on they would kink and also I found out that the portion that goes inside the hose gets kinked So what they actually do is cut off the internal portion and reweld the part then put the new hose on. Keep in mind that it may take some time for the hose to relax and not have a slight kink. And a note on the size, one day I went to 4 places to try and remedy the problem and no one could help especially cause of the metric original fittings. So I put them on and so far so good
Have a look at Speedflow - AN hose, fittings & adaptors I googled the hoses and they and a few others come up, they supply worldwide
Thanks for the responses. I'm going with the Superformance steel braided version. The car is on my mechanics lift occupying space, so I don't have time to sort this one. My thoughts are: Important part for oil flow !!! USA hydraulic shops don't have metric hoses USA hydraulic shops don't have the correct crimp fittings (Ugly !) What's the point if it won't look original once done If there was a way, Superformance would have already done it most likely
