Just remember that when you disconnect a hose from another hose, you can use clamps to reduce the loss of coolant to a teaspoon or three. When you disconnect a hose from the engine or other hard component, you are not only going to lose all the coolant in the hard part, but all the coolant connected to it via any hose you can't clamp off. If you have to pull hoses from the engine, you can pretty much count on a refill from scratch or nearly so. But look at it as preventative maintenance to keep introducing fresh coolant into your system and you won't feel so bad. Jim On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to replace the short (~3") coolant hose located on the lower right > rear of the engine, underneath the oil dipstick tube. The hose has swollen, > possibly from being exposed to oil, and I'm a little nervous about it > failing. I'd like to do this job with minimal loss of coolant if that's > possible. I have some clamps designed to 'pinch' rubber hoses--can I use > these clamps to strategically limit flow while I replace this hose? Or > should I just count on draining and replacing all of the coolant? > > Thanks, > > Mark > '87 Syncro > |
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