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Re: Greetings from Finland

Post by XMX » Mon May 04, 2015 2:40 pm

ekjdm14 wrote:
captainhaddock wrote:The very first drive in my first XM I suffered the same problem and fixed that hose similarly.
Same thing happened to us, when the car was dropped off we went for a quick spin round the block and on our return the offside front return had sheared off, also a similar fix... should really replace them both but can't seem to justify nearly 40 quid for 2 bits of rubber hose with a funny end on (not searched very hard yet but what ive found were about 20 apiece) so may look into cutting the hose close to the strut and joining a new piece on, see how well that lasts :roll:

Only HP pipe I can think near exhaust pipe would be for the antisink sphere or maybe HA spheres, I'm sure someone with real XM experience will add to/correct this info :)
Hi Guys,

Have you seen THIS thread where an instu repair/fix is possible using silicone rubber tubing !

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Note the one shown /\ was for a BX which has two pipe connections (Vent/return), I hope this maybe of help !

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Re: Greetings from Finland

Post by White Exec » Mon May 04, 2015 4:06 pm

I can see the attraction of this. Silicone rubber is massively flexible and long-lived.
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Re: Greetings from Finland

Post by Dean » Mon May 04, 2015 5:17 pm

I bought a new return harness for mine, the original n/s one gave up when being taken of the axle stands, never fitted it though, I used some green silicone and did as pictured above and its working fine.

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