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have been trying to find a replacement for this fabled middle hose that is on the stock turbo versions of this truck. It seems to be discontinued by Toyota and I cant find an aftermarket substitute anywhere for the life of me. I have found a few threads about it but they don't seem to provide much help at all as to a way bypass the hose correctly or where to find a new one. any help would be greatly appreciated.
I think you're gonna need to get creative.
One possibility. Rather than a single rubber hose, maybe two hoses connected with a metal "Tee" like this:
What would be even better, but would take some work and fabrication, would be a metal pipe that has the same bend as the hose pictured. then have the smaller pipe welded on the bend. If it's done right then you'd only need two short sections of rubber hose to connect your new pipe to the system.
yeah, I was thinking the same. have seen a bunch of fittings that might work but havent found a soild one i know will yet. was kinda hoping someone had already had and delt with this problem so i dont have to do as much of the foot work. fabbing up a metal one would be ideal though because I wouldn't have to replace it again. wonder where I would find someone to do that kind of work?
Muffler shops usually have tube benders. If the size is close to something they regularly use they might be able to do it in stainless steel.
What's the O.D. of the pipe that rubber hose slides onto?
I have an 86 Turbo 4Runner- this hose is the holy grail-there are none available. Fortunately, mine was in pretty good shape.
As I recall, the ends are two different diameters, and the hose itself has a bit of an off-center radius to it.
I think that there might be interest from some of us (stock turbo owners) to do a group buy if someone could fabricate them.
Without info there's not much anyone can do to help except provide a part number for something already discontinued.
But maybe with O.D. of the three pipes that this hose connects to, the overall length of the hose when stretched out, and the distance from the approx. center of the two main connections something can be devised.
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This is a picture of one for reference if that helps at all
Any update?
Last edited by RobertHawley; 07-22-2024 at 05:23 AM.
07-09-2024, 05:33 AM
86 turbo missing middle coolant hose
