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Cooling system hoses, how long would you leave them?

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Gnx6

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So I was putting a T-stat in my car tonight and had to wrestle around the S-hose a bit to get at the clamp bolt. My question is, how long would you leave the hoses? I have had them on the car 9 years and about 8000 miles.. They still feel soft but at what point do you say, "bzzzzz" time to replace them?

If so would you do regular hoses or spend the extra bit on the newer silicone hoses that are more durable?
 
Go silicon and dont look back. GBodyparts has them.

Bryan
 
Definately go silicone and be done with it. Conleys sold them years ago and I put them on both my cars. Never have to worry about them again.
 
as far as i can tell, my car has all the original hoses from the fall of 83 when it was built. well, i did put a different upper hose on it when i put in the bigger Cutlass radiator, so that one's not original.
 
Original hoses here, and I kept the ones off my old T I parted for spares. Obviously inspect for weak spots and dry rot.
 
Depends how much oil has been pissing on them, they tend to sogg out. Typically when I tear something apart and I know the hose is old or a pain in the ass to get to, they get replaced. I've owned plenty of junkers and one thing I've noticed is that they don't like to have hot oil dripping all over them, those hoses were usually the ones that blew out.
 
Definately go silicone and be done with it. Conleys sold them years ago and I put them on both my cars. Never have to worry about them again.

Wonder if anyone has any colors besides black?
 
If you are considering yhe G Body silicone S hose you can forget getting it anytime soon. I ordered one a couple of months ago and it is still on back order. I am told every week that it will be in next week.
 
If you are considering yhe G Body silicone S hose you can forget getting it anytime soon. I ordered one a couple of months ago and it is still on back order. I am told every week that it will be in next week.

Wow, thanks for the tip..
 
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