On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:46:47 +0000, Edward Greeley wrote:

Gentlemen (and ladies if you have any comments):

Does anyone know of any "real world" reasons why automotive-type,
corrugated flexible hoses should not be used to replace unavailable or
ridiculously expensive OEM molded hoses in marine engine cooling
applications, i.e.:

A. On the fresh water (antifreeze) side of a heat exchanger cooled engine?
B. On the sea water (salt water) side of the same cooling system?

Please, folks, I'm asking for VALID reasons why the automotive hoses
should NOT be used, not non-specific comments like: "Well, the XYZ
company must have had SOME reason for not using those hoses."

Your comments, advice, or experience with this will be appreciated!

Thank you,
Ed Greeley

I have no experience with this.

But one thing to think about is insurance. If you are going to get the
boat surveyed pursuant to getting insurance, it would be unfortunate if
the surveyor told you to replace the automotive type hose with a marine
rated one!

If you are not planning on getting insurance, or if you already have it,
it probably doesn't matter.

--Mac