2.2l hose / tube is leaking under thermostat box
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:58 pmI recently replaced the 2.2l head gasket in my 87 Aries and have since noticed the heater by-pass hose, that comes off the bottom of the thermostat box is now leaking. The metal tube has two rubber hose connectors. The one that leaks is in the front.
I was in the junkyard yesterday and saw some have different types of clamps securing the short hose portion onto the tube. Mine f course uses a crimp clamp so I'm guessing mines an original tube assembly. I was thinking of cutting the hose portion off since its only a few inches and replacing it or just see if I can put two hose clamps on it.
I thought about prying a hose off in the junkyard but often stuff like that just gets hard and brittle and prone to more leaks. I found a source for the hose seen in the link (parts 15 and 18) but if its just a common size heater hose I'll look for it locally.
http://www.moparpartsoverstock.com/show ... odel=15949
I was in the junkyard yesterday and saw some have different types of clamps securing the short hose portion onto the tube. Mine f course uses a crimp clamp so I'm guessing mines an original tube assembly. I was thinking of cutting the hose portion off since its only a few inches and replacing it or just see if I can put two hose clamps on it.
I thought about prying a hose off in the junkyard but often stuff like that just gets hard and brittle and prone to more leaks. I found a source for the hose seen in the link (parts 15 and 18) but if its just a common size heater hose I'll look for it locally.
http://www.moparpartsoverstock.com/show ... odel=15949