samco fail....

skywarn · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:07 pm

has anybody seen this yet??? only had hoses for 5 months...

im going to call boost con. this week and hope they send me out a new one...[/img]

tonycrd · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:39 pm

Hmm, now that's unexpected....

On mine the sound-dampening blanket of the hood is rubbing the samco hose right in that spot...maybe has something to do with it?

kelticknight · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:58 pm

thats more than rubbing effect

skywarn · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:58 pm

yea ive seen this as well, but this is on the driver side, the one thats sits by the fuse box and alt..... has anybodys elses failed? I had forgot untill I put the stock hose back on, that the stock one has a "sock" around it at this same point. Is everyone else running this hose with or with out the braided "sock"?

kelticknight · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:00 pm

dont have sock on mine,so far ios ok

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:40 pm

hmm, that is interesting i will pass that along to mark @ samco.

That is the drivers side hose, and if memory serves there is nothing remotely close to rubbing that on the bottom side.

jinstall · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:56 pm

darn! That looks like something sharp got on it. There is alot of material for a Samco hose to fail. Not impossible.

nursecosmo · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:02 pm

I seem to recall someone posting that the Samco balloons out quite a bit when under boost.

moto-scoot · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:30 pm

[quote="skywarn"]has anybody seen this yet??? only had hoses for 5 months...

im going to call boost con. this week and hope they send me out a new one...[/img][/quote

I would be jacked !! 250+ set of hoses.......?

UFO · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:10 am

That's either a materials failure or possibly from an overboost.

BlackLibertyCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:50 am

You can see the the hose is dented inward and was resting against something sharp. Virbration from engine rubbed a hole in it. Installer error, no warrenty.

BVCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:24 am

You can see the jagged sides and tapered ends clearly. Hose failure.

kelticknight · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:42 am

TOUGH call this,would think they would have too look at it to replace too see if covered under warranty,maybe take it too a place that repair rads and hoses and ask them to report for you before you send to samco

danoid · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:56 am

I too was worried about the rubbing (that's what caused a brake line to fail on me last year) so I wrapped the upper hose in this

Hose Sleeving, Magna-Braid, Stainless Steel, 6 ft., 2 in. Minimum Diameter, 2 1/2 in. Maximum Diameter, Each
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SPE%2D6008B&N=700+0&autoview=sku

Took a whole lot of hand soap to get such a large braided sleeve past all those bends but it looks pretty bulletproof now.

kelticknight · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:33 pm

that would work nice,no waer on upper hose

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:32 pm

Samco has been contacted and is investigating the cause of the failure.

cerich · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:23 pm

my oem hose rubbed and the mesh cover melted in the exact same place, second oem hose doesn't tough the insulation on the hood and has had no problems at all.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:11 pm

It's a tough call but I would lean towards failure and not installer error do to the fact that the tear is not "clean" like a puncture. It has more of a tearing look to it

BlackLibertyCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:09 pm

It could of tear after a puncture making the hole bigger. Once the air start rushing through a hole, it won;t take long to rip it. Well lets hope Samco replace it it anyway so all here can feel better.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:11 pm

True, but from what I can see it isn't a clean cut. Now If we were able to see a better picture of the problem, them maybe we could decide.

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