PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 406
SEPTEMBER 1986
Hoses
don't
last
frever-nobody
expects Them To. Even wiTh the best oF
care, They w±ar out²
BuT wi³h jusT a liTTLe PM´ you operaµ
tors can sTreTch rUbber hose li¶ To The
max·and sTop Leaking hose probLems²
IF you ignore hoses, you set yourseLF
up fr ³¸e TripLe ³hr±aT:
¹ CosT oF parTs and Time fr repLaceº
menT»
¹ Equi¼menT noT aVaiLable w¸en you
neeD iT½
¹ Be¾Ng s³rand¿ iN ³he bOnies when
a hose blowsÀ
Warnings
A
bad hose usuaLly teLls you when
it's going bad² BuT you have To pay
aTÁnÂonÀ Right Ãfre or aÄr oÅraÂon,
LOK fr these wAg signs:
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•
±².
ÆyÇÈ
b
endS oF
hs.
ÉracKs mean roTÊ
•
Sof
³
po
t
´
µ
Hoses
shouLd
Feel
springy, noT mushy²
Ë
Mushy means roT²
•
HIR
aS ± rock²
RÌKÍhard hoses
wiÎ cÏcK or breaK
ie
and ouTleT TUÃs²
³EP 86
•
lL(®, A
puп sÑT is a weaK
sÑt waiTing To burst²
Òn trÓcÔs´ donÕt frget the Öo×oØ
rÙÚiÙtÛr hÛse² BÜcÙuse iT's hÝrÚ to see´
it's easy tÛ frGetÞ BuT it ßes more oF
a ÃatinG àoØ ráks and bâshes than The
other hoses and it's oãen the ärsT to goÊ
ÆyebaLå the ættom hose wiTh the engine
rânniçG²
I
it's coLLapsing, iT's TO weaK
To do the jobÊ
èotié your mechanic iF you
H
a
bad hoseê
Clean UP hOse ¶·Oblems
Òiå ëTs ìbírî
A
dirTy´ oiïy hose is
a hose iN ðouble² ñhe ÃsT way to clën
hoses is To scìb Them gò wiTh deteró
•
ôõö÷
ø
You could haVe a
h´
GenT and waù waTúrû èüè 7930ýþý
LeaK, LOse cLamp, or bad iÿeT or ouTLeT
282Ā9699 gets a GaLlon oF detergent fr
TuÃû
±
Liãing oÐ oiLÊ
³EP 86
āĂER cLean hoses wiTh dă cLeaninG
soLvenT or ÅĄLeąmýbĆ cLćĈ,ĉ such
as PĊċČ680Ê ċry cLeaning solvenTs are
čammable and
c
¼rĎuce dďngerous
Đmes²
PetroLeumđbased cLeaners eat
hÛsesÊ
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