Vannautical engineer
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Ok, before you assume I am trying to patch an actively leaking heater hose with a bike tube patch, I'm not. Now that that's out of the way...
In doing some other mechanical work on my van, I found a couple of heater hoses that had been rubbing on various other parts. I re-positioned them. Neither of them are leaking yet, and I do intend to completely replace them at some point, probably in the fall. But I really don't want to bother at the moment seeing as how I just filled up the cooling system with fresh coolant a few months ago. Just for a little extra insurance against the tubes bursting in those spots, I'm wondering if it's possible or worthwhile to put bicycle tube patches on the spots that have some rubbed areas on them. Anyone ever try this? Or is there anything else I could put on these spots for some extra piece of mind? Thanks.
In doing some other mechanical work on my van, I found a couple of heater hoses that had been rubbing on various other parts. I re-positioned them. Neither of them are leaking yet, and I do intend to completely replace them at some point, probably in the fall. But I really don't want to bother at the moment seeing as how I just filled up the cooling system with fresh coolant a few months ago. Just for a little extra insurance against the tubes bursting in those spots, I'm wondering if it's possible or worthwhile to put bicycle tube patches on the spots that have some rubbed areas on them. Anyone ever try this? Or is there anything else I could put on these spots for some extra piece of mind? Thanks.