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Coolant Reroute - Fix Mx-5 Engine Cooling With Skidnation Reroute Kit

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Kits are in stock - if you are interested, just drop me a message.
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Feedback:
"Kit received and it looks awesome! Thank you so much for the deal!"
"Very quick delivery and well pleased with quality of items delivered, many thanks!"
"Results were good and I see lower temperatures than standard cooling system. Success!"

Illustration of it's purpose:

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General info:
Parts have been professionally machined from aircraft-grade aluminium alloy with excellent corrosion resistance. More info about reroute purpose can be found here: http://coolant-reroute.com/ and in this topic: https://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89997

Few hints and tips:
- installation requires you to move the charcoal canister a few centimetres aside, or you can remove it altogether - the removal is very easy and there are many guides available online

- in case you have EGR system on your car, you will need to delete the EGR (I have the blanking kit for ÂŁ15) or modify the EGR pipe
- install the thermostat with weep hole facing the top (upwards)
- for VVT engines (Sportive) use a non-VVT head gasket
- don't delete the heater core as it's wise to keep the coolant flowing, unless it's a track car

Basic kit - ÂŁ89

A.) For engines with fan switch in front of the engine (1.6 NA - http://diy.icydesigns.com/i/368-p2.jpg)
B.) For engines without fan switch in front of the engine (all except 1.6 NA)
C.) WIth core plug (regardless of the engine), if you want to freeze plug the outlet - parts needed are included

Spacer options (included in the price):
1.) Standard (stock heater, stock gauge)

2.) Standard with 1/8" NPT thread for additonal temperature gauge

3.) Heater delete (no coolant outlet for heater hose) and 1/8" NPT thread

Hose: Gates 22436 rubber hose for ÂŁ29 or you can design your own hose connection (e.g. if you want silicone hoses).

Housing: you can use a 1.6 NA housing or get housing from me - used for ÂŁ15 or new Kia for ÂŁ22 (1.8 NA/NB and 1.6 NB housings cannot be used).

Thermostat: you can keep yours or replace with a high flow stainless steel thermostat for £12, either 88°C (OEM) or 82°C

Prices include delivery to virtually anywhere. Payment via Faster payments, BACS, Paypal, Transferwise or SEPA transfer in EUR. Please note it does not include fees (in case of Paypal). Delivery usually takes 4-6 working days (UK and EU).

How to order: PM me with the kit you want and I will send you payment details.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Samuel
 
#227 ·
The routing is fine, it's just actually getting the hose on the housing, access is limited and personally I really struggled. Once it's on it does fit really well.
 
#229 ·
hi guys, im running the gates hose aswell but it seems to get harder than the other coolant hoses when the car is hot. how much pressure should be in this hose? it gets pretty hard but the pressure goes as it cools, have bled it loads so all the air shud be out?
Interesting, mines bled now and I didn't notice it was any harder? Your thermostat is opening Yeh?
 
#231 · (Edited by Moderator)
Don't worry, the hose can withstand much higher pressure then your rad cap would allow (which is rated for 0,9 bar if I'm not mistaken). Unless your system is seriously overheated (which I'm sure you'd notice) the pressure should be just fine.
 
#235 ·
I search during a long time for sillicon hoses to adapt this reroute to my 1.8 mk1.
Finally find something interesring from hummer h2 6.0 engine.
Does any one know about this?
Still searching silicone hoses so if you found one with good fitment let me know.

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