Nasty looking coolant hose... But which one is this?

Klikerko · 07-20-2009, 07:16 PM

I got nasty coolant leak and after adding dye I located the source of my problems (check out the photo). You can easily see green dye on the hose. This image is showing coolant hose, next to the firewall. Photo is taken from drivers side. Does anyone have idea what is the name of this hose? What should I order? How difficult is to replace this with new one?

Thanks,
Klikerko

phantom_smack · 07-20-2009, 07:21 PM

It is the metal part of the heater hose assembly.I would bring the picture to the dealer so they can get the correct part ordered for you.

Klikerko · 08-03-2009, 10:07 PM

Hi guys,

I decided not to buy new part from dealership because it is very expensive and it is made of metal. I'm sure that would rust again so I decided to play around little bit.

I went to auto parts store and bought 4 meters (12 foot) of heater hose. Then I went to home improvement store and both brass couplings, clamps, etc... Total price for everything was about $25. Unfortunately I had to do this repair on building parking lot where repairs are not allowed. I have a very nice landlord (Thank you Dana!) so she allowed me, but anyway I couldn't spend enough time and focus on this enough to do this as I really wanted. So, my goal this time was just to make it work. Whole job took about 5 hours. It has been a week now since I finished this repair and there is no leaks.

Take a look at attachment for a photo of the final product.

taz4x4150 · 08-04-2009, 08:03 AM

Looks like a good job to me ! It will probly out last the car ! LOL ! This must be pretty common with Taurus, we have 7 in the extended family and all of them have stages of rust on this hose.

JustinOK · 08-05-2009, 04:54 AM

Great fix!