I'm replacing my lower radiator hose set, and after getting it all in place, the pump to thermostat hose is only about a half an inch from the tensioner with tension on the belt. Has anyone else had this occur? I don't feel comfortable with it being that close. I can wiggle it and get it to touch the pulley.
The tensioner is aftermarket. The lower hose set is URO brand. It all looks right to me, so I'm wondering if the 3 way plastic piece is the wrong angle or something. I don't know.
I guess for now I'm going to find a semi-permanent way to hold the hose back, but I'm not happy about it.
picture forthcoming

 

Check out the coolant hose that hovers closely over the alternator pulley. ¡Ay Caramba!

You can probably loosen the clamps and readjust the coolant hoses to sort of move it out of the way.

I’ll tell you before others will... URO hoses are horrible.
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It's a poor design for sure. To make things worse the serp belt will sling whatever happens to be in the engine bay right onto that hose which can make it gummy/weak in that one exposed spot over a relatively short amount of time.

I'm not a huge fan of the popular alternative cooling hose routing and low-temp thermostat option, but it does mitigate this particular issue.

 

this is how it was.
The hose assembly came assembled with that hose about 30 degrees off where it needed to be. I rotated it to a much better placement.

 

The fan shroud has a cutout that fits the thermostat and sort of pushes it over a bit further from the belts too. So once that's back in, it'll look better.

 

You can rotate the hoses on the thermostat for the optimal placement.