Breather Hose - Engine Valve Cover To Airbox

[ukjules]

Anyone found a workaround for one of these in UK
- Engine Valve Cover To Airbox Breather Hose
part number: 09343-11001
Price - 20£ plus

Mine has a split in it and i can bodge but there must be a hose shop that would do this ?
Anyone found one ?

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[1978GS750E]

I just purchased a 10mm ID black hose off of Ebay that works well. I would think you could find it in the UK.

1ft 3/8" 10mm ID Black Vacuum Silicone Turbo Air Hose Line Pipe Tube Intercooler

[hampshirehog]

I've seen them replaced with garden hose. That works but looks pants. Breather hose from old BSAs / Triumphs fits and is a lot cheaper.

[ukjules]

looking on bay
stats are 15mm od 10-11mm id

below 13mm od * 10mm id

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184199592034

[Redman]

I bought the stock one once, was for the 850G so that makes it almost 20 years ago. Anyway, at that time anyway, in US, it was a bulk length, long enough to make at least 3 of them.

[1978GS750E]

Try this description: Silicone Vacuum Hose - Black Rubber Tubing Tube Water Air Coolant Vacuum Pipe

1 meter for 6.65

[ukjules]

Ebay it is but gaffa tape to begins with ...
to get it started.... to seal crack at end.

[chris]

HI, just thought I would mention that industrial hose supply outfits carry just about every kind of hose, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4'' silicone hose ect. Most larger towns have at least one, for example Newline, Greenline. You can check their websites. Not all will deal with the public. What I do is go in at a not too busy time with cash in hand, knowing exactly what I want. Just remember they are use to selling by the roll, 100' ect. It has worked for me in the past.

[ukjules]

Good idea but gaffa tape on end split is working
and does the job.
But noted .
Due to new tyre on front needed all surplus
like to haves , on hold.

I can however continue full investigation of engine 2
which we all can mull over the analysis ......

[bwringer]

3/8" ID hose is too small (3/8" works out to about 9.5mm) for the 11mm fittings, but if you find something reasonably stretchy and push hard enough you can make it work.

7/16" (11.1mm) tubing exists, but it's not going to be on the shelf at your local parts shoppe or hardware store; most skips from 3/8" to 1/2".


I've never really figured out why proper metric hose is so &^%$#@ hard to find in the US of A unless you order from McMaster-Carr, but that's another rant for another day, I guess... not sure whether it's any easier in the UK.