Its Saturday afternoon and the auto parts store I need is, of course, closed. Coolant started pouring out from under the car ('94 850 Turbo wagon) after I parked it at the house after work last night. Yikes! I had just installed a new turbo and had visions of a busted cartridge, busted water lines, etc....I had also recently lost ALL the coolant on the interstate, overheated the engine, and warped the head. New radiator, head job and miscellaneous stuff set me back $4000 plus. So, I am understandingly a bit paranoid about leaking green liquids.
Started looking for the leak this AM.....finally found that it was the heater hose going from the block to the firewall...a hole in the hose way up near the block where it is impossible to see without disassembling the entire air system (at least I didn't have to pull the turbo!). Of course the hole was on the underside of the hose.
My question:
This hose is attached in normal fashion to a hose nipple at the engine end using a worm gear clamp. At the firewall, the hose is crimped to a metal pipe that makes a 90 degree angle before it enters the firewall. This metal pipe freely rotates in its hole, leading me to believe that it may socket into a fitting that is attached to the actual pipes that go to the heater core on the other side of the fire wall. How is the engine side hose and pipe assembly removed? I want to get it out so I can be ready Monday to replace it. I have the Haynes manual, but it is a total piece of crap and says nothing about heater hose removal. I don't want to start yanking on it and risk damaging something expensive. Help!
Thanks,
Ed Williams
