Leon B Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Looking through the westy parts catalogue, they dont list a Hose kit for the astra 16v. Have any of you VX 16V owners bought a kit from westfield or just made up the pipes yourself?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russbif Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Made them up myself Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon B Posted June 8, 2002 Author Share Posted June 8, 2002 How do you know where all the hoses go? Trusty old haynes manual? How easy is to get hold of suitable hoses ie with 90degree bends and did you use the aluminium piping too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott beeland Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 if you wanna be lazy westfield do a hose kit if you ask them. depends if running a heater or not how you plumb it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon B Posted June 8, 2002 Author Share Posted June 8, 2002 Im not gonna be running a heater so surely the hose setup must be simple?? Expansion tank to water pump to rad?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Westfield have a plumbing drawing for the VX XE, although I dont think its in the manual. Just ask and they'll fax or post one through. Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 PS, search previous postings on this subject as VX engined cars without heater installation are prone to reverse flow through the expansion tank, even when piped according to WF. Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon B Posted June 8, 2002 Author Share Posted June 8, 2002 Umm so im gonna need a non return valve in my system, where do i put it?? Sounds like a i can do the hoses myself pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russbif Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 I used the same hoses as in my x-flow installation, just used copper pipe and jubilee clips when I needed to change the orientation of the hose, worked for me Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickd Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 SBD have a cooling system diagram for 2.0 XE on their info pages, sbd Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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