FCA PF.9.0080 Cooling Water Hoses and Plumbing Assemblies

The “FCA PF.9.0080 Cooling water hoses and plumbing assemblies” standard, developed by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), an Italian-American automotive company, describes environmental, physical, electrical, mechanical, functional, regulatory and durability requirements for cooling water hoses and plumbing assemblies.

An engine coolant plumbing assembly consists of a different solution including hoses, clamps, quick connectors, rigid pipes and sleeves. The purpose of the engine coolant plumbing assembly is to ensure a reliable and leak-proof transfer of engine coolant through the various heat exchangers in the vehicle, such as the radiator and heater core, at high and low temperatures and pressures.

Depending on the usage, pressure, temperatures of the driven fluid and environmental radiation, hoses are subdivided and classified according to type as shown in the tables given in the standard.

This standard is limited to CAD files, drawings, or engineering drawings that call upon this standard number or reference this standard in another standard or specification.

Products and processes used to manufacture products listed in this standard, worker and consumer health, worker safety, regulated substances, recycling

The mandatory or recommended tests provided in this standard are intended to ensure compliance with the specification but do not relieve the responsible organization from ensuring that the component or system meets all environmental, physical, electrical, mechanical, functional, regulatory and durability requirements, including all applicable system interface requirements, as described in the standard, throughout the entire specified useful life.

A test plan must be developed to verify and validate all required functionality specified in this standard. The responsible organization must provide any additional testing deemed necessary to meet the functional requirements. The tables at the end of this standard provide a summary of all requirements and are used to develop the test plan.

Samples used for design verification must meet the specified drawing tolerance range. Samples for production verification must meet statistical qualifications for the machine and manufacturing processes.

Each line item of the test plan must be supported by a comprehensive test or laboratory procedure, as required. A test plan agreement by Chrysler/Fiat does not relieve the responsible organization from ensuring that the component or system meets all environmental, physical, electrical, mechanical, functional, regulatory, and durability requirements within the organization's area of ​​responsibility, including all applicable system interface requirements, for the useful life specified in the standard.

If there are recommended, recommended or specified components or suppliers, they must still comply with the specification and does not relieve the organization of responsibility for ensuring that the component or system using those recommended, recommended or specified components or suppliers meets all environmental, physical, electrical, mechanical, functional, regulatory and durability requirements, including all applicable system interface requirements within the organization's area of ​​responsibility, for the specified useful life as described in the standard.

All pressures specified in this standard are relative to the atmosphere. Cooling hoses and piping assemblies shall withstand environmental stresses for the pressure cycle defined in this standard throughout the design life without any deterioration in the functional requirements. In addition, in the case of metallic contents, components shall meet the functional and appearance requirements specified in standard CS.00081, unless verified separately, with respect to corrosion, coating or painting shall be checked according to the drawing.

The appearance, physical, mechanical and electrical requirements are included in the standard as follows:

• Appearance requirements:
  • Ergonomics requirements: Ergonomics is the study of the relationships that exist between humans, objects, machines and the environment during any activity to improve efficiency, safety and well-being.
• Physical requirements: The supplier must demonstrate dimensional capability for all key dimensional features defined in the CAD files during the design verification and product validation phases, including, for example, connection points, interface constraints, interface materials, and similar physical interface requirements.
  • Material requirements: Cooling hoses and plumbing assemblies must meet the material requirements specified in the published engineering drawing.
  • Dimensional requirements: Cooling hoses and piping assemblies must meet the dimensional requirements specified in the published engineering drawing and comply with the procedures and guidelines defined in “Chrysler QR-10012 Dimensional quality requirements.”
  • Weight requirements: Cooling hoses and plumbing assemblies must meet the weight requirements specified in the published engineering drawing.
  • Visual inspection: Each component must be free of burrs, pitting, holes, tears, cracks, initial separation between the substrate and the coating, between the substrate and the interlayer, and other defects that may compromise its function.
• mechanical requirements
  • Procedure for measuring impurities: The measurement must be carried out with the equipment and procedures specified in the FCA 7.G2183 standard. It must be checked that the measured values ​​are within the specified limits. In components consisting of several elements (plastic, metal or rubber pipes, quick couplings, etc.), the test must be carried out on the supply assembly.
  • Component identification and marking: All components/assemblies fitted to Chrysler/Fiat motor vehicles as original equipment, spare parts or accessories must be marked to identify the component as original and to convey brand image and exclusivity.

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