318 is pipes??

[firthy]

I own a 318 is which had been standing a while before i bought it. the fuel lines have been replaced as they were dried out and cracked and some of the water pipes have been leaking, should i get all the pipes replaced, how much effort/money will it take?

[dobbie82]

if you are talking about the rubber water hoses, simple to replace, juse undo jubilee clips, take it off, find the one that matches and do the opposite! (oh i assume you would let the water out the rad first!)

May be a good time to upgrade to silicon hoses if you are replacing them all.

Hannah

[Chris-W]

Worth replacing the various vacuum hoses around and under the inlet manifold as well.

[bennyboy]

Are the vacuum hoses prone to cracking then? my engine doesnt run quite as sweet as when i bought it. and it has been sat out of the car in a green house for the summer.

[Chris-W]

Can do - there are a few 'plain' pipes which join via plastic unions. The raw ends of the pipes tend to split.