C34 P/s Resevoir Hose Ideas

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I need to replace both the reservoir hoses, but nissan says they can't/won't supply the part. They say its stagea specific and nissan australia doesnt supply it.

Anyhow I have some oil safe hoses ready to use, the smaller diameter P/S hose isnt a problem, however the larger one is trickier.

The inlet on the pump is 15mm diameter. I have some 5/8 inch hose which is just slightly too large. It will seal on the flange of the pump inlet but its still slightly larger than 15mm.

I have some 9/16 steel braided hose being delivered to try out and see if that will work (its about 14.2mm ID)

I would still like to try and make the 5/8 hose work as I have some angled hose braces that will allow me to bend the hose and keep the shape.

I was thinking about slightly increasing the diameter of the pump inlet with heatshrink, which is also a fairly pliable plastic and should make a good seal.

Any one else have solutions?

[Ben C34]

Order the hoses from overseas? heat shrink sounds like it's worth a shot.

[scotty nm35]

The 14.2mm hose should work nicely.

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The 14.2mm hose should work nicely.

I hope so, my main concern is the tube kinking on sharp bends, particularly since the larger hose is a suction hose correct?

The 9/16 hose on its way to me should have a wall thickness of around 3mm or less, whereas the 5/8 tube I already have is 4mm.

Also I have a few 5/8 unicoils (http://www.unicoil.com.au/) which will work perfectly for bending the larger hose.

[scotty nm35]

Or you can shove a stretched spring inside the hose, just make sure it can't get sucked into the pump.

[Daleo]

If the hose is available from Nissan, your dealer can get it.

Sounds like they're just being obtuse. Navigating the unfamiliar sections of FAST took my local dealer a while, but they were happy to help me.

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Well my custom jobby turned out fairly neat. I put some 13mm I.D. PVC clear pipe over the fittings to give a firm seal with the 5/8 oil hose. Unicoils stop the hose from kinking, and I wrapped some old bike tyre inner tube around the whole thing, since the original ones had extra insulation too.

Still its a real close fit between the aircon fitting and the turbo inlet pipe. The original molded pipe has a sharp bend right out of the P/S inlet.

The smaller hose can use 3/8 hose, no modification needed.