Hairdo12 Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 i will try to get a picture up but the hose/pipe combo branches off from the top of the water pump routs down below the coolant overflow tank, comes up and runs along the fire wall near the top of the engine compartment and enters the firewall on the drivers side of the car. i dont have a damn clue what this is. i am betting it has something to do with heater core but what is this monstrosity? the pipe is rusted though where it runs under the overflow tank... if i cant find the part for this i will cut the rotted pipe section out and replace with a piece of hose and clamp it. Quote
Justin Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 Just use a piece of hose, that's a common problem and a common fix. It's for the heater core, you're right. Maybe somebody else on here can chime in if they know the size hose to pick up, I'm thinking 5/8 or 3/4, but not sure. Quote
White93z34 Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 you got the right idea. that hose feeds the heater core, they ALWAYS rust out there. both my luminas i've had to replace the piece with heater hose. make sure you lube the inside of the hose good though when you join the hose to the tube, beings that the heater hose is a little smaller then the pipe. personally i like to replace from the water pump houseing to wherever the hose is no longer rusted. Quote
White93z34 Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 i've always used 5/8s, its kinda a pain but it gets the job done. Quote
Hairdo12 Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Posted March 6, 2005 yeah im just gonna cut that damn pipe out and replace with 5/8 hose. its bullshit... i just finished installing my ub3 cluster and im like "sweet this cars awsome" and what does it do, it pisses on my shoe. Quote
cutlsp Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 yeah im just gonna cut that damn pipe out and replace with 5/8 hose. its bullshit... i just finished installing my ub3 cluster and im like "sweet this cars awsome" and what does it do, it pisses on my shoe. i guess it said it thinks you suck. those hoses rust out on northern cars all the time makes me glad i live in texas Quote
HokemBokem Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 yeah im just gonna cut that damn pipe out and replace with 5/8 hose. its bullshit... i just finished installing my ub3 cluster and im like "sweet this cars awsome" and what does it do, it pisses on my shoe. i guess it said it thinks you suck. those hoses rust out on northern cars all the time makes me glad i live in texas Hoew comee in everty 1 of you r piosts theress a huege space Likke thsis 1??????? Quote
GutlessSupreme Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 i just finished installing my ub3 cluster and im like "sweet this cars awsome" and what does it do, it pisses on my shoe. Quote
Robby1870 Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 I had this same problem last year with teh STE. Where the first bracket attaches to that pipe (closest to front of the car), it rusted through and was leaking. So I cut that piece out and replaced with rubber hose. As soon as I replaced that piece and started the car back up, then shut it off, the spot on the metal piece where the other bracket is (near the rear of the engine compartment) broke and was leaking, badly. Do you know how hard it was to cut that piece out?!?! I just replaced the whole thing with rubber, but fucking christ it was bullshit. Quote
cutlsp Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 because its really annoying. and it helps get a joke across Quote
Justin Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 If they're not making useless posts with a huge blank spot they're wasting space with the super useful :withstupid: emoticon, and nothing else. Got to love post whores. Quote
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