Questions tagged [hose-clamp]
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Minor boost leak and shrill tone at peak boost: hose clamp, gasket or blow off valve?
Vehicle in question: 2004 Subaru WRX wagon.
This weekend, I replaced the intercooler hose (y-shaped upset the intercooler), the throttle body hose and the blowoff valve hose (routes the over boost back to the intake when the throttle closes…
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What is the right tool to expand a large spring-type hose clamp?
My Touareg has the intake piping secured with a bunch of spring-type hose clamps.
I currently use a miniature C-clamp to expand them, but it is painfully slow, prone to slipping and access can be a problem at times.
I have a pair of bent-nose…
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How tight to clamp fuel injection hoses
I have a motorbike (Ducati 696, 2012) with high pressure fuel hoses feeding fuel injectors. The hose is a gates 4219g as built from the factory. It sprung a leak which I can't trace from the hose or from the injector. I broke the hose clamps which…
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How can I remove a broken plastic piece from a coolant box?
A little piece attached to a hose broke inside some coolant box Related question.
The thing is plastic and the box is metal, I have seeing some questions and videos on how to remove headless bolts and the like, seems to require drills and special…
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Are these "stepless" oetiker clamps removable and reusable?
Ducati 696 2012 fuel lines. I have one set with leaking hose and another with a broken quick connect. I would like to Frankenstein the components together. The connection between the 8mm diameter fuel hose and a thinner vinyl lead is made by a…
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How to undo this Alfa Romeo intake pipe hose clamp?
This is on the intake pipe leading to the throttle body on Alfa Romeo Giulietta. This is on the side closer to turbo, rather than throttle body. The sensor next to it is the boost sensor. It does not seem to be a worm clamp. Hope someone is familiar…
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2007 Maxima transmission lines hose clamp size
I just replaced the radiator on my 2007 Nissan Maxima and the 2 transmission hose clamps were rusted and cracked.
I would like to replace them, but I don't know what size they are. Anyone have this info? Thanks!
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