2001 Bayliner, 5.0 Mercruiser, Serial # 0M001347
Ahh.. the old saying is SOOO true, "A boat is a hole in the water that you just keep throwing money into"
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Continuing my inspection to bring my old girl out of retirement and I I found a badly rubbed hose that rides right into the side of the power steering pump (thermostat to exhaust manifold). ALL hoses are 2001 original and factory installed, so they had to know this was going to be a problem. Mercruiser part # 860144.
Darn good thing I found it. The cut in the hose is deep and I'm surprised it hasn't blown by now.
There's another hose (#861512) that rides on the ignition coil with a similar problem (thermostat to PS cooler), though it's not as badly rubbed. Again, bad placement or protection of the hose.
I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem and I was curious how you handled it? I don't want to toss nearly $60 (each) on replacement hoses that may end up with the same problem. Sure I can put a metal sleeve or something over a new hose I suppose, but my original hoses have very low hours and are in great shape other than the rubbed section. I was thinking about putting in a stainless barbed-type hose mender-coupler in there and thus cutting out that rubbed area. That's only a $15 fix or so.
Ready... set.. thoughts?
Ahh.. the old saying is SOOO true, "A boat is a hole in the water that you just keep throwing money into"
.Continuing my inspection to bring my old girl out of retirement and I I found a badly rubbed hose that rides right into the side of the power steering pump (thermostat to exhaust manifold). ALL hoses are 2001 original and factory installed, so they had to know this was going to be a problem. Mercruiser part # 860144.
Darn good thing I found it. The cut in the hose is deep and I'm surprised it hasn't blown by now.
There's another hose (#861512) that rides on the ignition coil with a similar problem (thermostat to PS cooler), though it's not as badly rubbed. Again, bad placement or protection of the hose.
I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem and I was curious how you handled it? I don't want to toss nearly $60 (each) on replacement hoses that may end up with the same problem. Sure I can put a metal sleeve or something over a new hose I suppose, but my original hoses have very low hours and are in great shape other than the rubbed section. I was thinking about putting in a stainless barbed-type hose mender-coupler in there and thus cutting out that rubbed area. That's only a $15 fix or so.
Ready... set.. thoughts?
