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- 1997 Ek9,1996 ek4 siR, 1972 b18c4 mini
I've got some hel hoses for my ek9, I was about to fit them and noticed they have a concave flare where they meet the hard pipe, where as the oem hose is convex,
This means it's going to be two concave flares clamping against each other,
Personally I think this is wrong and my first thoughts were that they have been made wrong,
I took a quick look at the leaflet that came with it and this is what it says
So I thought ok, I will try tightening one up on a old spare hard line, and the result was a slightly mangled end that looked like it was sealing over a small area,
So what I'm wondering is has anyone else noticed this problem, or what are your views?
I think it's a bit of a bodge and I'm not sure I want to fit them to my car
This means it's going to be two concave flares clamping against each other,
Personally I think this is wrong and my first thoughts were that they have been made wrong,
I took a quick look at the leaflet that came with it and this is what it says
So I thought ok, I will try tightening one up on a old spare hard line, and the result was a slightly mangled end that looked like it was sealing over a small area,
So what I'm wondering is has anyone else noticed this problem, or what are your views?
I think it's a bit of a bodge and I'm not sure I want to fit them to my car