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its a heater hose. if you follow that hose it will lead into a hard line that runs the length of the firewall and terminates next to the bottom of your water pump housing where the lower radiator hose connects. it probably looks rusty from the coolant or from the metal of the hardline portion of it. i would suggest you change it if you it bothers you. is it soft and squishy?