[C320-list] Water Heater Hose

[Bruce]

OK, no answers but for reference purposes incase someone does a search.... My 2000 320 with a 3GM30F and a seaward s600 water heater uses 2 10' water lines from engine to water heater. The hose is wire reinforced 5/8" I.D. The old hose cat # has a 210 prefix which is no longer available, the new prefix # is 250-xxxx. The 10' lengths are more than enough to make the run with room to spare. In the future I will be ordering this type of hose online since the hose I bought yesterday totaled $185 and a visit to 2 stores, the last store being almost 1 hour away due to our wonderful rush hour traffic I needed to get this done so thats what I did. Anyway, with only 300 hours on the engine the old hoses definitely  were in the Autumn of their life, I plan to start replacing ALL the hoses on this boat.

Bruce
Nauti Time #719

Bruce Hunter <swampcreek42 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>With my neck muscle starting to calm down I'm finally replacing the water heater I bought about 3 MONTHS AGO! I pulled the old one out today, no problem. While in there I looked at the heat exchanger hoses between the engine and water heater, they look OK but they are going on 14 years old, I would feel better replacing them now while I'm changing the water heater. The current hose is "Shields Versaflex Water Exhaust 5/8 210-0580" which I can't seem to find anywhere, was this hose original equipment? I think I remember seeing 200-0580 Versaflex which appears to be the same thing and then there was the Goodyear stuff that looks like ordinary automobile heater hose. What is the proper recommended replacement?
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>Thanks,
>Bruce Hunter
>Nauti Time #719