I am about to plumb in the coolant pipes on my Zetec. I priced up all the elbows required.

Rather than have long lengths of silicon hose though, I thought it would be better to replace the straight lengths with metal tube.

I can find Stainless on eBay but not ally tube in 32mm (1¼ inch).

What has everyone else done??

I just used stainless.

Put a search on ebay for "32mm tube and this came up among other things.

tube link

There seems to be a lot of 32mm hoover pipes about as well

how much you need?ive got some mild steel chrome plated,welded up ok with the T pieces,rubbed the chrome down and painted it black.
bob you got first dibs on what i got left over btw

How about car builder solutions, they will put the bead on the end for you as well as make up T pieces if you need them.
I found them quick as well.

Use aluminium tube, and be sure to bead the ends.

What's wrong with copper plumbing tube?

Caber

Another vote for CBS. They stock most sizes and will put the essential beads on the cut lengths for you.

i used a mixture of refrigeration copper pipe/fittings (available in large sizes and easy to work with) and aluminium tube from my local tv ariel supplier

B&Q for Aerial poles, not sure of dia though.

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Originally posted by RazMan
Another vote for CBS. They stock most sizes and will put the essential beads on the cut lengths for you.

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i did this it will shock you lol

£3.98

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vacuum-Cleaner-StainlessSteel-32mm-Extension-Tube_W0QQitemZ230065976859QQihZ013QQcategoryZ43526QQcmdZViewItem

is 32mm the prefered size for zetec cooling?

is 32mm the prefered size for zetec cooling?

jonte

Large exit from thermo house is 32mm and polo rad outlets are 32mm as well,the rest is normally 19mm unless you want to try and force something smaller on

I've used some nice chromed copper pipe from B&Q before. Cheap, looks nice and smart too. I've not ever beaded the ends, but equally, never had one fall off.

I'll second plated copper tube. Local plumbers is a great source of parts for fuel lines as well...4 years on and few 000s miles and still all as good as new.