Oil drip

[volkenstein]

Mike,
      Ralph Lomando at Belmetric I'd guess. That was the fella I dealt with. Merc's too eh? I'll file that one away for future!

Regards
Sean

[Airhead]

Hiya Air,

Ohhhhh.................I'm gonna have to check that out.

Who's Ralph?

Hes the guy who owns Belmetric it would be cheaper for me here in the UK to buy from my local Mercedes dealer than to import say 7 metres from the US dont know how expensive the Mercedes dealers would be in other countries though.

Airhead

[Bookwus]

Hiya Air,

.....Hes the guy who owns Belmetric it would be cheaper for me here in the UK to buy from my local Mercedes dealer than to import say 7 metres from the US dont know how expensive the Mercedes dealers would be in other countries though.

Thanks to you and Sean for clearing that up.

Have you checked out the Mercedes dealers?  I'd agree that shipping would be expensive.

But I'm thinking that 7 metres of that stuff is way excessive.  It takes about 5 feet of 12mm vacuum hosing for a Bug.  That's less than 2 metres.  I'm not exactly conversant with the vacuum hose routing on a KG, but it has to be less than 7 metres (that's about what I have on hand right now - about 22 feet total in various lengths).  If you order in quantity (my last order was for 15 metres) you find a couple of interesting things.  BelMetric purchases this hosing from the manufacturer in 5 meter lengths.  When it's purchsed that way the 5 meter lengths come labeled as brake booster hose.

[68autobug]

Can You compress the steel reinforced hydraulic hose with Hose clamps..??

I have found more engine oil leaks where I used that RED Air Hose...
its behind the fan shroud and very difficult to find the hose clamps...
tightened two today...

Fingers crossed it won't still be leaking.... lol

I'm hoping its My fault for Not tightening the hose clamps...

its working OK for the vacuum at the moment... the 12.7mm stuff...

I know it will never suck in... lol

cheers

LEE

[Airhead]

Hiya Air,

.....Hes the guy who owns Belmetric it would be cheaper for me here in the UK to buy from my local Mercedes dealer than to import say 7 metres from the US dont know how expensive the Mercedes dealers would be in other countries though.

.  When it's purchsed that way the 5 meter lengths come labeled as brake booster hose.

Mike

Thats what Mercedes Benz call it brake booster hose, it comes from Germany under the MB part number, I just over guesstimated at 7m for my KG but by the time I have added tax duty and delivery from the US its expensive for me, I think the MB dealer charges £10 per metre which still isnt cheap.

Steve

[Bookwus]

Hiya Steve,

I just did a little converting and number crunching and................actually 10 quid a metre is not a bad price at all.

BelMetric sells the hose for just a tad over $7.00US a foot; about $22.00 a metre.

Your 10 quid a metre is equivalent to $16.50US a metre. 

So, if your local Mercedes dealer is selling at 10Q you are getting a darn good deal.

All of which reminds me that I'll have to check out the prices at my local Mercedes dealership.

[kipa]

I've clamped on the Gates 'Air Brake' hose and seems to work fine.
It must be similar to the MB Brake Booster hose
And at $10nzd for 1.3m I'm complaining either way
Got a friend who worked at Merc dealer here so I'll see if they got that hose and how much
chers for everyone getting involved it makes it a lot easier

[volkenstein]

Kipa,
     The hose that the shop sold me is actually "Speedflow 1/2In Fuel Hose". It is slimmer in OD than 1/2 Brake booster hose but is a "dual layer" type hose - Inner/braid/outer. I'm only using it from my intake manifold to CV at the moment. The PO put 1/2 in brake booster hose on the CV to vac can connection.

All waiting patiently for the Belmetric hose I have to be fitted...another roundtuit on the wall .


Regards
Sean

[68autobug]

I've clamped on the Gates 'Air Brake' hose and seems to work fine.
It must be similar to the MB Brake Booster hose
And at $10nzd for 1.3m I'm complaining either way
Got a friend who worked at Merc dealer here so I'll see if they got that hose and how much
chers for everyone getting involved it makes it a lot easier

The red Air Hose i bought which is NON Rubber...
isn't too expensive... cannot remember how much..
but it will last forever if it stops leaking.. [lol]

I would think that 1/2 inch hydraulic hose would be much more expensive than that..

Most of the Hose i have looked at would work apart from 1/2 inch heater hose..
which is very cheap and nasty... the one I have is anyway...
maybe a Gates brand would also be OK...
so long as they have some good reinforcements...

I would think that Only the best hose would be used even for heater hose..[water/coolant]

cheers

LEE

[kipa]

Small typo
I meant I'm not complaining at that price at $10nzd for 1.3m'.

[Bookwus]

Hiya All,

I went checking out the hose buy at Mercedes Benz.

As reported by Steve (Airhead), it's all true.  Available at your local Mercedes Benz dealer, part number 0004852182.

The cost at my local dealer was $24US per meter.  That is more expensive than BelMetric (about $21 per meter) but when shipping is figured into the cost from BelMetric, MB is the cheaper alternative.

Additionally, you can put your hands on the goods a bit faster with MB.  While the dealers generally do not carry this hose in stock they can order it from their regional warehouse and have it on the counter in about one day.  BelMetric shipping on the other hand takes about a week domestically here in the States.

[68autobug]

Kipa,
     The hose that the shop sold me is actually "Speedflow 1/2In Fuel Hose". It is slimmer in OD than 1/2 Brake booster hose but is a "dual layer" type hose - Inner/braid/outer. I'm only using it from my intake manifold to CV at the moment. The PO put 1/2 in brake booster hose on the CV to vac can connection.

All waiting patiently for the Belmetric hose I have to be fitted...another roundtuit on the wall .


Regards
Sean

that sounds like it will do the job Sean..
Inner and outer layers...
Brake booster hose, isn't that vacuum Hose?

LEE

[Bookwus]

Hiya Lee,

Brake booster hose, isn't that vacuum Hose?

Indeed it is!  When I ordered a large lot of RH12W from BelMetric the 5 meter rolls came with a sticker that read "Brake Booster Hose".

[Airhead]

Hiya All,

I went checking out the hose buy at Mercedes Benz.

As reported by Chris, it's all true.  Available at your local Mercedes Benz dealer, part number 0004852182.

The cost at my local dealer was $24US per meter.  That is more expensive than BelMetric (about $21 per meter) but when shipping is figured into the cost from BelMetric, MB is the cheaper alternative.

Additionally, you can put your hands on the goods a bit faster with MB.  While the dealers generally do not carry this hose in stock they can order it from their regional warehouse and have it on the counter in about one day.  BelMetric shipping on the other hand takes about a week domestically here in the States.

Hi Mike

Ive put a post in the 'parts' section for future reference, BTW its Steve (not Chris, though I often get called that  )
aka Airhead

[Bookwus]

Hiya Steve,

.........BTW its Steve (not Chris, though I often get called that  )
aka Airhead

I knew that was wrong after I typed it in.  Dunno why I didn't go back and change it (but I will now!)

Hey Steve, what are the prices for the hose like at the Merc dealers over in GB?