Can I just use heater hose for this?
#1
Can I just use heater hose for this?
The heater hose just above my passenger manifold is leaking coolant when my heat is turned on. It has no real bends, and all the new OEM and aftermarket replacements don't include that clamp, so you guys think I could just use two pieces of heater hose from VatoZone? The cheapest after market price is 30$, which isn't bad, but 30$ for two 1' pieces of heater hose seems retarded. If not, I'll just order it, would just like another opinion.
#3
The hoses are smaller on the heater core end and larger on the engine end, so I think you would be wise to just spend $30 for the factory-style hoses and be done with it. Don't re-use the OEM spring clamps -- use worm gear "Ideal" type clamps when you install the new hoses otherwise you will likely have leaks on the heater core side of the connections.
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#7
Screw on worm clamps are definitely the way to go here. I bent up the tubes coming out of the firewall just a bit getting the old hose off, and I had to go back and get rid of the OEM clamps because my tubes were not perfectly round and I had a small leak once the new hoses got softened up a bit, but the screw type claims were able to tighten up to make up the difference in the less than perfectly round tubes.
BTW, I have seen my dad use a spring loaded 3 contact point tool, like three fingers pointed up and out in a triangle relationship called a brake cylinder hone on his drill to clean-up/mildly sand the inside of old wheel drum brake cylinders. In that vein, well sort of in that vain, is there a good way to re-round something like the heater hose tubes coming off the firewall for the heater hoses to round them up again from the inside of the tube pushing them back out where they may have been indented slightly, like with a screwdriver when trying to pry/remove the old hoses? Something that would push it from the inside out and round it up? Is there such a think as reverse pliers, like lock ring pliers that push out? I have seen a thing like this for muffler pipe that my dad had. He had lots of cool tools http://www.ebay.com/itm/3Pc-Tail-Pip...p2054897.l4276
BTW, I have seen my dad use a spring loaded 3 contact point tool, like three fingers pointed up and out in a triangle relationship called a brake cylinder hone on his drill to clean-up/mildly sand the inside of old wheel drum brake cylinders. In that vein, well sort of in that vain, is there a good way to re-round something like the heater hose tubes coming off the firewall for the heater hoses to round them up again from the inside of the tube pushing them back out where they may have been indented slightly, like with a screwdriver when trying to pry/remove the old hoses? Something that would push it from the inside out and round it up? Is there such a think as reverse pliers, like lock ring pliers that push out? I have seen a thing like this for muffler pipe that my dad had. He had lots of cool tools http://www.ebay.com/itm/3Pc-Tail-Pip...p2054897.l4276
Last edited by Rover_Hokie; 02-19-2014 at 02:31 AM.
#8
... is there a good way to re-round something like the heater hose tubes coming off the firewall for the heater hoses to round them up again from the inside of the tube pushing them back out where they may have been indented slightly, like with a screwdriver when trying to pry/remove the old hoses? Something that would push it from the inside out and round it up? Is there such a think as reverse pliers, like lock ring pliers that push out? I have seen a thing like this for muffler pipe that my dad had. He had lots of cool tools 3pc Tail Pipe Expander Kit 1 1 8" to 3 1 2" Muffler Exhaust Systems | eBay
#9
However if it is an emergency or you dont want to wait for mail, you can get something like this:
Help/5/8 x 3/4 in. plastic heater hose connector (47080) | Heater Hose Quick Connector | AutoZone.com
I cant remember if this is the right size, but I used two of these type things on the D1 and it works great.
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