Chaffing bleed hose/ Thanks Dabs

[brorabongo]

Harry watch the bleed hose for chaffing above the alternator,I reckon mine has been shortened quite a few times the last time it had to be protected above the alternator with a piece of larger hose around the area.
It was this pipe that caused me a problem just before Leighton Moss meet with a pin hole which only leaked when the engine was at full temperature,it didnt leak when cold.

Hope you are sorted now H!

again Bongopeeps CHECK YOUR HOSES.

I always have a look where I have been parked as I am puling away just in case,any evidence of a leak will show up on the floor underneath.

Dabs

Thanks Dabongo

After read this I thought I would check mine. I'm glad I did as the bleed hose was indeed chaffing on the alternator I re-routed the hose to go over the top of the loom it was clipped to. Is doing it this way likely to do any harm?

If you have a spare five minutes it's could be worth checking your bleeding hose!! along with all other hoses of course

[Leon King]

Checked mine and found it had been reinforced with heavy duty tape, part of which had perished, is a bit of curved plastic round the hose and wrapped in ordinary insulating tape not good enough and/or just bad news over the alternator?
And what's that metal looking hose that protects other pipes and hoses called? Pardon my ignorance.

[Peg leg Pete]

Not sure what the metal covering is called either but it seems to be essential with the heat etc I would have thought insulation tape would not be up to the job, must be some tape made for the job, have you tried a motor factor?

[You've Been Bongod]

thanks dabs for this article ,
while betty was being serviced yesterday asked my mechanic to check it and he has cable tied it up to a peice of thin cane so its well out of the way now but it had started to shamfer the pipe ever so lightly so once again THANKS DABS


YOU'VE BEEN BONGOD

[haydn callow]

Just get 4" of a larger dia pipe or even garden hose pipe and cut it lengthways with a stanly knife. Open it up and fit it over the bleed pipe and position over the alternator. Job done.

[Dabs]

This is how mines has been done but with a larger diam auto hose used in lieu of a garden hose and a couple of plastic ties.

Dabs

[ParkerNorris]

Bumping this again to endorse a precautionary task.

Checked my bleed hose today: had come out of it's clamp (now cable tied in place), and had chafed in 3 places (now reinforced by extra hose wrapped around and cable tied in place)

If you haven't yet done it, do it now...

If you have done it, may be worthwhile checking again...