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First of all the cooling system on an automobile is a sealed system
therefore the whole system is under pressure. Secondly the pump is a
circulating pump and makes a very weak 'water pump' as in the area of a
impellor pump which is a good 'water pump'. Worked on auto's truck's etc.
the better part of my early life and traveled all over this country all my
life and have never come across a bottom radiator hose that sucked shut or
failed. The bottom hose either has a wire coil insert or molded in wire
Dick Schroder
Gulstar 43 trawler PanHandler
Great American Marina #44
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> Phil, the hose in this discussion is the one that leads from the
> seacock/strainer to the raw water pump, right?
> The hose, in a car, that goes from the bottom of your
> radiatior to the water
> pump, is a functional duplicate of the boat hose.
> Both need to resist suction. That hose on a car is not under
> pressure, and I
> have seen a number of hoses in that usage collapse.
> JDL
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