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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:45 pm

I live in sunny South Africa, so would like to join the two rubber water hoses together with a piece of piping. What piping would be good to use, and what diameter pipe should i use? By the way, the engine is a 318i M40. Any suggestions ?
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:36 pm

I would imagine a small piece of microbore would do the job.

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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:50 pm

I don't mean to sound stupid, but I'm assuming microbore is some sort of pipe?
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:52 pm

It's a class of copper plumbing pipe.
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:52 pm

Yes, copper plumbing pipe, comes in 8mm and 10mm.
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:16 pm

So which diameter would be best suited for this application?
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:30 pm

Look here:

http://www.cutestudio.net/doku.php?id=c ... :induction

for the full monty of this modification (pipe is 10mm)
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