Holy crap the bottom one is tough! Is there anything else I can remove to get to it? I cant get to the back of the bottom hose. The clamp 'tips' are facing downwards. Can anyone recommend me some tools to get to this hose and removing?



Are these the only two coolant lines going to the turbo? I'm experiencing a leak somewhere in the area and i'm just assuming its the turbo coolant lines. Any other hoses in the vicinity I should look into?

 

Those are the only two rubber coolant hoses in the area. To get to the lower one you need a pair of long needle nose pliers; preferably with curved tips. This will make it a cinch and if you work on your FD much they are a must have.

The two hoses are the only rubber in the vicinity but there have been cases of the coolant hardlines and fittings on the turbos themselves corroding and leaking. 99% of the time it's the rubber hoses though.

 

Haven't done the job before, but I'd first try getting at it from under the car. Might need to pull the plastic belly pan off and see what you can see. I can't see any way to get at it from that angle.

Dale

 

Can't do it that way. You have to use long pliers and go at it from the front.

 

The upper rad hose kinda pisses me off too but I don't want to pull it off. Maybe its seized on? I dont know man I don't feel like replacing it now lol.... DamonB do you have a picture of the pliers that would help me?

 

Go to harbor freight tools and get a set of hose pliers.

For the old ones, I just used a knife and cut it to make removal easier.

Dave

 

well i was able to pull them all off.. don't really see any holes though.. going to put them underwater and see if that will help show any flaws in the hose. anything else I should be checking while im down there?

 

My car's harlines started leaking. It happened right as the main cat clogged and overheated the exhaust/turbos. Oil leaks i can deal with......coolant leaks suck

 

it might have been the clamps and not just the hose. use some screw type hose clamps on them bitches when you put it back in.

 

Use a small scotchbrite wheel on a dremel and clean any gunk off the hardlines. Mine were crusty and doing this helped ensure there were no leaks at the clamps.

As far as inspecting the old hoses, just set them aside and put on new ones. Finding the leak without a 15psi source will be tough.

Dave

 

Welps, I changed them. getting the lower one back in was a pain but its all good. No leaks so far so Im guessing that was the problem. Upon visual inspection I dont see any holes/cracks on the old hoses.

Weird how they just started leaking when I did a vacuum hose change... Problems come in pairs I guess