Hey all,

out on a cruise for a week and had the pleasure of developing a pinhole leak (high pressure hair thin stream of coolant) from the hose the goes into the front of main coolant manifold/reservoir (not sure what the right name is- but the main coolant reservoir with the filling cap).  

I was able to get control with direct pressure -- I used flexiseal to apply a pressure dressing around the hose-- used a bunch so there's a big bulky dressing and then I put a hose clamp around that for some added direct pressure.  

Seems to be holding for the 30 minutes i ran it after.  

I think I'll head back to Annap tomorrow

Question:  This is the small segment of hose that makes a right angle into the front of the reservoir just under the filler cap.  It's painted so I can't tell if it's regular hose or not.  Anyone know if this is a hose that I can just purchase at West Marine or another supply store or does it have to be a special Shape shaped OEM part?  

Thanks

Brad