Quick under intake heater hose repair

[WagonMan]

Saw this on U-tube. anybody try it and have success?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPTPL6lVuFM&ebc=ANyPxKrMkHzuGFpG8egukZ1ywD-kPLcG0ygjv1cgO8qdR_3SOt5bow9u180pnSRiZN8PbS4ZVeoeFL9iec0eADqxNdOW6gQZWw

[sly]

I'd thought about doing that if my 93's original engine had lasted that long.

Though for "lubing the hose" I just spit in it.

[jaywish]

Looks great. As he mentioned he used a gates 90 degree adapter. If you install the wrong one it can melt from the water temp.

Thanks

[sly]

I was planning on using a brass 90 from the hardware store. But now I don't have that issue because PI motor. I do have to wonder if the 2000 npi still uses that hose or has the PI style pipe. I haven't looked.

[gadget73]

Don't dick with it, just do the job the right way and be done with it for another 20 years.

[IPreferDIY]

... I do have to wonder if the 2000 npi still uses that hose or has the PI style pipe. I haven't looked.

My 2000 MGM has the pipe without the hose bit, though it's still different from the PI pipe and has to be changed when you switch to a PI intake manifold. I would guess they got rid of the hose bit on the pipe in 1998, since that was a big transition year.

Don't dick with it, just do the job the right way and be done with it for another 20 years.

The pipe is actually cheap enough to bother to do it right, but unless I had a reason to change the intake manifold (from plastic to aluminum crossover and/or from NPI to PI) or to take off the throttle body and plenum assembly (to port them), I'd be inclined to give the hose a try, especially if there was a need to buy some time.

[sly]

My 2000 MGM has the pipe without the hose bit, though it's still different from the PI pipe and has to be changed when you switch to a PI intake manifold. I would guess they got rid of the hose bit on the pipe in 1998, since that was a big transition year.



The pipe is actually cheap enough to bother to do it right, but unless I had a reason to change the intake manifold (from plastic to aluminum crossover and/or from NPI to PI) or to take off the throttle body and plenum assembly (to port them), I'd be inclined to give the hose a try, especially if there was a need to buy some time.

Cool.

+1 easy quick fix and still cheaper than the pipe AND way faster. Also, no dicking with the intake can be a nice thing.

[gadget73]

Generally I find that shortcuts are frequently anything but. The time and money it takes to do it the wrong way a couple of times before giving up and fixing it properly is always more than just doing it properly once. Its just an intake manifold, not that big of a deal. Its plastic too, so it won't even hurt your back hossing it in and out of position.

[WagonMan]

The reason I posted this was my friend with his 97 GM was quoted $650 to have the job done a a garage. The car is not in great shape and probably won't last out the year. Can't justify spending that kind of money on a turd. If this helps him get a few months service out of the car, then its not that bad an idea. WagonMan

[sly]

The reason I posted this was my friend with his 97 GM was quoted $650 to have the job done a a garage. The car is not in great shape and probably won't last out the year. Can't justify spending that kind of money on a turd. If this helps him get a few months service out of the car, then its not that bad an idea. WagonMan

This. Beater gonna beat.

[Louis]

This is actually a common repair on NYC Crown Vic taxi cabs. Raise a hood and more often than not you will see the 4 foot hose snaking back to the heater core.

A quick and easy fix and the car is back out earning money.

[87gtVIC]

No surprise there. Those cars are absolute SHIT. I hop in one now and then...they are ****ed.

[gadget73]

If its not worth spending money on to fix properly, its not worth spending time on to fix improperly. I've gotten curmudgeonly after years of fixing half-ass hacked together nonsense.

[sly]

yeah... I've done many "temporary" fixes that have lasted years... like nearly every fix under the hood of the 88. Like I couldn't be arsed to fix the trans cooler lines with new ends and just put nipples on the rad and hose to the lines and clamped. And lets not get into the wiring hacks I've done to make shit work.

[jaywish]

Gadget I usually agree with you, on this though the fix looks like as permanent a repair as doing it the long way. Provided one does not cut corners on the repair. New hose, new clamps, chafe protection and a correct 90.