Fuji Q5 melting a OEM hose?

[wptski]

Saw a review on Amazon with pictures of a blue Q5 Platinum where the blue OEM hose melted at the metal crimped fitting at the turbine.  My Q4 gets very hot there and I assume the Q5 gets hotter yet.  I mentioned in another thread that Roger Phelps mentioned that Fuji was including a heat dissipating hose with the Q5's.  He stocks that short reddish rubber colored hose now but I got one elsewhere to use with my Q4.

A few here have Q5's but I assume that nobody has run into this issue or at least haven't posted the problem??

Heat Hose

 

[JCLP]

No problem here. I have the new hose.

JC

 

[wptski]

No problem here. I have the new hose.

JC

The heat hose?

 

[Getmaverick]

Mine did, in the middle of spraying a door. I replaced it with one from Graco. Much better hose.

 

[wptski]

I use the heat hose then this hose which was suggested by Tom(tjbnwi).

 

[tiralie]

Mine did, in the middle of spraying a door. I replaced it with one from Graco. Much better hose.

Was that the regular blue hose that melted like that?
Tim

 

[wptski]

Yes, the blue hose and here's where I first read about it, Amazon

 

[JCLP]

The new heat hose, which I have, looks like this. Works great. No problem so far.

Cheers,
JC

 

[wptski]

The new heat hose, which I have, looks like this. Works great. No problem so far.

Cheers,
JC

Ah, I take it that the black section is a separate short section?

 

[JCLP]

It is a seperate section that was added by Fuji. Also, the grey hose is the better hose. I believe they are going to eventually scrap the blue and go with this combo.
JC

 

[wptski]

Using my Q4 outside in the hot summer sun spraying in the shade with the stock black hose(black Q4) with a 6' whip then a 10' whip.  The connection between the whips blew off, it's only a barb fitting, connected again but it blew off in a few minutes, I swapped the two and it held.  I needed the whip as I was working off a ladder and need that much of lighter length.  I added hose clamps on both whips later.  My whole setup is different now as mentioned above.