VR6 Cooling System Refresh (aka coolant pipes are swelling, coolant is leaking)

[doridori]

still trying to piece together all the parts to fix the car but i'm still stuck with the coolant pipes.

first i started to trying to find all the rubber replacements i needed but couldn't economically get them all together as not many places had them in stock

then i tried to get a silicon kit and am currently being thrown off.

some of them state that it is only for RHD and LHD then some are manual or auto.

now that would be fine as i would need a RHD Manual kit, but then some kits don't say for which model they are for at all!

Eg, Forge motorsport kit on ECS says for cars with Manual transmission, but on Forge website it says only US LHD cars.

Does anyone know if there actually is a difference?

[doridori]

also to note, anyone heard od the ebay brand GPLUS

i have found a brand called autobahn88 which do specifically do different versions for LHD and RHD as well

[stefcio007]

Automatics have the transmission cooled too (IIRC), so there's extra piping to go there.

[Tom93]

forge do do a RHD one. Had it in the vento but came with the doner car, maybe try ebay uk or a uk store?

[doridori]

ah thanks for that guys.

really trying to not spend the ~$350 for a complete silicon set if i don't have to

[The_Hawk]

On plastic vs metal crack pipe.

What's the cost difference? vs where will the car be in 150,000km?