Ok to cut radiator hose?

[1200fan]

Hi all

Hope I put this in the right section...

I've just been attempting to sort a very leaky coolant hose going to the front cylinder head on my Vmax. The end of the hose where it touches the engine block was the problem, I think from when oil was coming out from the rocker gaskets before I had sorted it last year.

I decided to cut the dodgy end part off the hose and fit back on, it seems to fit ok but there's yellow "string" bits now coming from the hose material.

I just wanted to check if anyone else had done this and if there are any problems in cutting these hoses?

This is just a temporary measure until I can get the replacement hose!

Cheers

 

[Fire-medic]

Does the joint seal? Then you should be OK. You might want to check out the ebay sellers who offer silicone hoses for the VMax, and I am pretty-sure that Sean Morley of Morley's Muscle, look for his banner ad above the threads, and Kyle (Captainkyle) can get those for you as-well.

 

[CaptainKyle]

You should be ok if its sealing. I probably have some good used ones or the whole new silicone set on ebay now is about 125 bucks. I can get Samco Hoses but there not near that cheap.

 

[one2dmax]

Agreed, trimming is fine and I have new and used on hand.

Sean

 

[1200fan]

Great news, cheers everyone!