Hi Folks, Help please ! I have a 1999 1.6l Rover K series Supersport. I have owned it since 2003 and, as far as I know, everything is original spec. However, the cooling hoses, not surprisingly, were showing their age so I decided to replace them before they dumped water all over the road - probably 100 miles from home! The top hose wasn't a problem but the U shaped part of the bottom hose is proving a real problem! The long part of the U fits into the hose coming from the rad bottom without a problem but the short U that fits onto the thermostat hosing just won't! I have tried the usual - boiling water, grease and brute force but it simply will not push on. I contacted "ask an expert" at Caterham Cars but all I got back was "Yes, you have bought the correct hose and yes they are a tight fit. Have you tried tyre lube?" At 76 I don't enjoy lying on cold concrete garage floors so I took it down to my local garage who do the MoT for me. Even they couldn't fit it! They reckoned that the new hose internal diameter was about 3mm less than the thermostat housing connection. Anybody had a similar problem or, better still, any suggestions for getting it on? Thanks. Peter (aka Yellow Peril)