The 'E' Type Forum

My car has come with old coolant hoses, some of which are "kevlar", I have never heard anything positive about those and some are very crusty inside, squeezing them tells me they aren't long for this world. I went a bit overboard and bought a hose set from Fosseway, today was the day to swap them over. After draining the coolant, which ran like almost clear water with no sign of any antifreeze in it, the block drain also drained cleanly, I flushed it through, and did a heat cycle with some radflush, again very clean fluid on exit.

I then went to start on the hose swap, starting with the thermostat to radiator hose, no problem, new hose was exactly the same length as the one on the car and fitted perfectly. That was as far as I got, I wanted to swap out the water pump to radiator bottom hose, the one fitted is a single, long hose, the kit didn't have a replacement for that one, I abandoned the job, thinking I'd best check with the supplier. I have just checked on SNGB and they show a metal pipe as part of that hose, there are two hoses in the kit that look like they might with the metal joiner in the middle.

Do other S2 owners have the single hose or the metal joiner?

Ian

Hello Ian, I had the same experience. Bought the metal tube and used the two hoses between the rad and the water pump. I seem to recall it was easier to fit than the older set up and with your experience you’ll soon get it in place. Getting the jubilee clips into good ‘get at angles’ is worth working out before going too far. Good luck.

Geoff

Hi Ian...2 hoses and pipe joiner

Gfhug wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 03, 2026 4:03 pm

Hello Ian, I had the same experience. Bought the metal tube and used the two hoses between the rad and the water pump. I seem to recall it was easier to fit than the older set up and with your experience you’ll soon get it in place. Getting the jubilee clips into good ‘get at angles’ is worth working out before going too far. Good luck.

Geoff

Thanks Geoff, I'll revisit this soon, have ordered the joiner pipe.

mgcjag wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 03, 2026 4:04 pm

Hi Ian...2 hoses and pipe joiner

Joiner on its way Steve, I should have checked the kit earlier. At least I have some antifreeze in it now, I'm amazed at how clean the coolant came out, it hadn't been changed in at least 5yrs.