any way to fix this?
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any way to fix this? is there any way i could fix this hose? i hit a raccoon about a week ago and since then this hose has been seeping, is this repairable at all? what could i do?
could this leak be causing all the coolant to be all over the front of my engine making me think i had a coolant leak?
could this be splattering all over and do this from hitting the fans? my friend who is a mechanic said that's most likely my problem and not my waterpump or anything, because the leak developed 3 days after hitting the animal.
heres what other areas of my undercarriage look like
the water pump weep hole is BONE dry as well
could this leak be causing all the coolant to be all over the front of my engine making me think i had a coolant leak?
could this be splattering all over and do this from hitting the fans? my friend who is a mechanic said that's most likely my problem and not my waterpump or anything, because the leak developed 3 days after hitting the animal.heres what other areas of my undercarriage look like
the water pump weep hole is BONE dry as well
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I'm talking about the first picture where the silver ends are seeping with coolant. , there was a small black zip tie that was just hanging at the bottom of the hose, any reason that could be there?
I cant figure out what hose that is. Looks like an a/c hose. I don't know of any coolant hoses that have crimped metal like that behind the fans. But there is an a/c line behind the fans.
And when I say coolant...I mean your anti-freeze coolant. Not the a/c refridgerant.
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And when I say coolant...I mean your anti-freeze coolant. Not the a/c refridgerant.
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yeah i know sorry for the confusion i do mean anti freeze
so would i just need a new coupling for that hose? can i buy one?
is this the part number for that?
10188037
and yes it is a '96 lt1 firebird
so would i just need a new coupling for that hose? can i buy one?
is this the part number for that?
10188037
and yes it is a '96 lt1 firebird
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Thats a heater hose. Don't know much about LT1's, but the LS1 heater hose is similar where it attaches to the firewall.....pain in the ***.
Maybe you can just purchase sections of that forward part of the hose.
If not...I have an idea for you...IF you have enough slack on that rubber hose thats leaking right near that clamp. It should work.
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Maybe you can just purchase sections of that forward part of the hose.
If not...I have an idea for you...IF you have enough slack on that rubber hose thats leaking right near that clamp. It should work.
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HERE'S THE WAY TO POSSIBLY FIX IT.
Keep in mind, I did this on an A/C hose and they have a ****-ton more pressure than the ~18psi cooling system. My fix has been holding for over 1 year now. It kept me from having to buy a very expensive A/C hose and I think a $300.00 labor bill to have it put on, because I sure couldn't do it.
I had plenty of slack...so if you have the slack...it should work the same. It looks like the same kind of crimp-clamp. It has an outer metal shell, then the rubber hose slips onto an inner metal line, then a press at the manufacturer crimps/clamps them together and sandwiches the rubber hose end between the two metal pieces.
This is the A/C hose/line (LS1) coming out of the bottom passengers side of the a/c condensor and runs behind the compressor.
In the pictures below, from left to right, I had a pin hole leak in my a/c line, in the rubber, right up close to the metal crimp-clamp. I took a razor knife and sliced the rubber line off right at the pin hole. That would then become my new end of the rubber hose.
-Then I took a dremel and cut length-wise cuts all around the OUTER metal crimp clamp part. There's also an inner metal line...don't cut into that one.
-Then I pealed the pieces back and broke them off...like pealing a banana.
-Then I slipped the new, fresh rubber hose end onto the inner metal line that remained.
-Then I put two clamps on it.
-Done.
This literally took me 15 minutes to do. It hasen't leaked at all and has no signs of coming loose.
If you have the slack and you can get in there with a dremel, this should do the trick.
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Keep in mind, I did this on an A/C hose and they have a ****-ton more pressure than the ~18psi cooling system. My fix has been holding for over 1 year now. It kept me from having to buy a very expensive A/C hose and I think a $300.00 labor bill to have it put on, because I sure couldn't do it.
I had plenty of slack...so if you have the slack...it should work the same. It looks like the same kind of crimp-clamp. It has an outer metal shell, then the rubber hose slips onto an inner metal line, then a press at the manufacturer crimps/clamps them together and sandwiches the rubber hose end between the two metal pieces.
This is the A/C hose/line (LS1) coming out of the bottom passengers side of the a/c condensor and runs behind the compressor.
In the pictures below, from left to right, I had a pin hole leak in my a/c line, in the rubber, right up close to the metal crimp-clamp. I took a razor knife and sliced the rubber line off right at the pin hole. That would then become my new end of the rubber hose.
-Then I took a dremel and cut length-wise cuts all around the OUTER metal crimp clamp part. There's also an inner metal line...don't cut into that one.
-Then I pealed the pieces back and broke them off...like pealing a banana.
-Then I slipped the new, fresh rubber hose end onto the inner metal line that remained.
-Then I put two clamps on it.
-Done.
This literally took me 15 minutes to do. It hasen't leaked at all and has no signs of coming loose.
If you have the slack and you can get in there with a dremel, this should do the trick.
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