Damaged hose?

**T4M** · 13th July 2008, 19:53

Took the engine cover off to have a look at the boost hoses and saw this straight away. To me it looks like the hose has started to melt, but i may be wrong...... Could this be causing the spanner light to come on?

There is no air escaping from it but it's really hot to the touch

**gsxrster** · 13th July 2008, 20:27

wouldn't think so mate , if no air escaping then theres no problem with that.

**T4M** · 13th July 2008, 20:32

Ordered one of these Tech 2 readers from Ebay - hopefully it will work ok

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=250267447896

**AndrewTi** · 13th July 2008, 21:05

If that hose went, you'd know about it. It'd be lethargic as a cat in front of a fire and there'd be more smoke than a french peasant.

**T4M** · 13th July 2008, 21:41

I'm guessing that means i should replace it??

**glenboy** · 14th July 2008, 08:59

Originally Posted by T4M

I'm guessing that means i should replace it??

Yep

**T4M** · 14th July 2008, 18:38

Could that be the culprit to the car running badly most of the time, and the lovely light appearing? Around the jubilee clip it looks quite bad.

I'm guessing that's a boost hose, how much are they from VX?