[DruMor]

Has anyone found a type of hose for a washdown hose that doesnt get rock hard after awhile? Our VF-4 is not quite 3 years old and the washdown hose is rock hard, presumably from the coolant reacting with the hose.

Coolant is Hangsterfers S-500, but Valcool did the same thing to our VF-2 when we used it a few years ago.

[Delw]

use a regular garden hose and just cut to fit and replace the ends.
replace them every 1-2 years.
the tubing they use never worked well with hangstefers in a year it was getting hard,( we used the same type of tubing years ago, used to get it from the boat shop down the street for there drainlines when I saw what came on the haas I said Oh **** that sucks) I switched to extreme cut 250 and hoses last a tad big longer but thats not why I switched it was just something I noticed now that it was mentioned.

Dont get me wrong(not knocking) I liked hangstefers s500 and used it for 15+ years for general purpose machining on lathes and mills in everything for inco to alum.


Delw

[WallyL7]

Sounds like your machine is about the same generation as mine...my hose is perfect.

but my pump is going bad already...

I use Blaser coolant...