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What other hoses can I replace beside vacuum hoses with Silicone?

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Old 02-25-2004, 10:25 PM
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Default What other hoses can I replace beside vacuum hoses with Silicone?

And what sizes should I get?

I'm getting a boost leak somewhere, and I'm planning on changing all the vacuum lines soon anyways, so while I'm at it, just felt like I should change whatever hoses I can at the same time (my car's getting old)...

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Default I would seriously consider just nice plain rubber vac hoses.

They do the job very well and will be considerably less expensive. As for size, I believe I used 5/32" vac hose.
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Default Rubber also offers better crimp resistance on tight bends and better cut resistance from clamps and

other 'sharps' the hoses might encounter.
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Default I used standard rubber 5/32" from Autozone.

I bought 6ft. That allowed me to replace the line from the manifold to the bpv and manifold to FPR. Plus I had about a foot or two to spare.
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If replacing all the clamps as well, how many clamps are needed? TIA!
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Default Are you referring to the little Oetikker clamps?

Hmmm...for a non-DBW

1 on the FPR
1 on the BPV (I used a ziptie)
2 on the Intake manifold (one that leads to the FPR and one that leads to the BPV).

That's all I changed. I didn't touch the lines running into the firewall yet so I don't know if there are any clamps required there.

I'd probably get a half dozen just to make sure.
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Yea...I bought a pack of 25...
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