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Adjust position and release/cut the tie wrap
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Put new hose on slip clamp on adjust position and release/cut the tie wrap.
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I have a leaking radiator bottom hose, so figured I may as well replace both.
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(I tried closing my eyes but that didn't help at all)
Yes it's a coolant hose. The parts catalog shows 3 different P/Ns with VIN split for that hose, as well as a 4th superseded part number.
It's either:
996 106 233 51 (early build P/N catalog says up to VIN 66X 01814)
or
996 106 233 56 (superceded later P/N for all VINs after that)
Yes. These cars are old and the cooling system is complex...replace everything rubber you can access in the cooling system while it's empty. Everything.
That advice is hard to hear. I have a leaking radiator bottom hose, so figured I may as well replace both. I had no idea it would be such a PITA. It’s taking hours.
The other hoses I can see while I’m in there don’t look any easier to replace.
Even with the correct tool, I friggin’ HATE these hose clamps Porsche uses.
Yes.
How!? (I tried closing my eyes but that didn't help at all)
Yes, I did, though it was already off earlier this year for painting, during which time I thoroughly cleaned out the debris.
The biggest problem I have is access. The bottom hoses are mounted on the inboard sides of the rads, and even after undoing all the relevant fasteners I can identify, I can only move the rad a couple of inches, so access to the bottom hose is still very sh!tty.
I found this (attached) picture -- the blue arrow shows the hose I'm trying to change. The pic makes it look easy, but on my car the rad is still jammed up tight against that hose; and I can only pry the rad away a couple of inches.
I have completed one side of the car, but as I said, it took HOURS. What am I doing wrong? How do I get to the stage of disassembly shown in the picture? The wheels and bumper are off.
Are you opening the spring clamp and sliding it all the way down the hose or is it that the hose is not coming off of its pipe as if it where glued on? A curved pick works great here to separate the rubber from the metal pipe.
If you have all the new hoses, just cut the old ones off and stop fighting it.
That hose is covered with some aftermarket undercoating that is starting to flake off and that's why it looks bad. If you look closely, you can see it flaking off and the rubber underneath it still looks to be in good shape. I wouldn't worry too much about this hose.
Look closer, that hose in the first pic needs to go!
The other pictures are not OP's car, they are example found (copied from Pelican) on the internet for reference.
I am taking about the first picture. All the flaking and cracked parts are some sort of an old aftermarket undercoating that the car was sprayed along time ago. Look at the rest of the undercarriage and the valve cover, they are all covered in it too.The actual hose is under all that crap and part if it is visible near one of the clamps. The rubber under it looks fine.
It's not a question of tools. It's access. Even with picks and a utility knife it's a major PITA because the radiator is in the way.
Mine looks like this -- how do I get from here to the picture in Post #10?
It seems I have to undo these clips (purple arrows). How do I do that?
Got it, part of my confusion here is that you hijacked someone else thread vs creating your own so I was focused on the engine end of the equation that Argeo started.
12"x1/8th steel tie wrap, make a loop, put it around the grab points, pull with vice grips, will expand the clamp and lock it.
Put new hose on slip clamp on adjust position and release/cut the tie wrap. (Watch your fingers.. )
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