Water pipe

[Guest petercabrio]

This blue part of the water hose doesn't look right. Is it

 

 

 

[Dox 22]

 

Heater matrix hose? Mine has a plastic cylinder sandwiched by rubber pipes

[Dox 22]

The other is wrapped alloy sheathing, this one is an A/C car

[Jim Bowen 1]

Heater matrix hoses are the wrong way round and looks to me like some kind of repair.

[Guest petercabrio]

I thought it was a repair and will it make a difference they being backward, it's a radiator

[dr_mat 0]

I believe they have an embedded bypass valve so yes it could matter that it's the wrong way round.

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

whoa boys

 

what car is the OP?

 

it looks like a valver NOT a VR

 

reason I say is that the matrix feed & return hoses come from different places on the 16v to the VR

 

the VR has the feed hose cross over the return hose as per Dox picture

 

on the valver the feed hose comes directly from the right hand side of the engine block & as such the hoses do not cross like they do on the VR

 

I know this as I have recently replaced the matrix on my valver

 

that said - the hose in the OP's pic looks like it needs replacing

[Dox 22]

Looks like a VR6 downpipe to me?

[Dox 22]

I believe they have an embedded bypass valve so yes it could matter that it's the wrong way round.

 

There's not much room for a bypass in the end cap?

 

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

Looks like a VR6 downpipe to me?

 

that it does but best to check m8 :)

[Jim 1]

Also see the aux water pump... which would make it a VR. And the location of the ISV at the back of the manifold.

[Jim Bowen 1]

Also see the aux water pump... which would make it a VR. And the location of the ISV at the back of the manifold.

 

Think you're looking at Dox's pic

[Wullie 1]

As the OP has only recently bought a VR6 I would hazard a guess at a VR6.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Mine had that grey / blue outer covering, it's just heat shrink to hold the pipe's shape I think. Either way, that one is split and the outer layer is bulging accordingly!

[Guest petercabrio]

My picture is for a vr. Are the pipes the correct way round

 

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

As the OP has only recently bought a VR6 I would hazard a guess at a VR6.

 

ahhh I didn't know that Wullie - thanks lol

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

My picture is for a vr. Are the pipes the correct way round

 

 

I would say no they are the wrong way round

 

on a VR the feed hose comes from the left had side of the block, as per Dox pic

 

EDIT - although the matrix is essentially a radiator flow direction shouldn't matter BUT the valeo matrix I recently fitted definitely had an arrow showing flow direction - so it must matter somehow

[Jim 1]

Think you're looking at Dox's pic

 

Doh :)

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

 

Heater matrix hose? Mine has a plastic cylinder sandwiched by rubber pipes

 

this is how the hoses present & cross over

[Guest petercabrio]

After all that, I bought some std hose and a connector so at the worst I could cut the bad bit out and repair

 

I cut the blue sleeve off and the pipe was perfect underneath

 

 

 

Then put them back as should be

 

 

 

Do I need some heat wrap on the pipe?