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Old 02-19-2005, 06:01 PM
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Arch? Somebody? What is this?
Well the storm let up enough to let me out there with Epic for a minute or two. Found where the leak was coming from. Bad part is it's not straight from a hose. It's this plastic thing in the heater line going to the heater core. What is it? What does it do? Help...
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Heater hose maybe? BTW is their an O'Reillys in your state?
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Well i know it's part of the heater hose, i'm more refering to the plastic piece there between the two metal clamps. WHen the accident happened it aprears that this piece was pushed into the belt and a hole was burned threw it. Thats where the coolant leak is coming from. I just want to knwo what this part is and what it does. If' i can just bypass it with some hose or if it's necissary. Looking threw it it apears that the passage way threw it is smaller than the rest of the hose so....

If we do have O'Reillys I've never heard of them. Is that an autoparts store or something?
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Old 02-19-2005, 11:43 PM
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Looks like the rubber pipe I just replaced today on my car.. went from the water pump to the heater core.. it's just normal rubber tubing with some sort of string/thread that runs through it to give it more strength.. It looks bigger / smaller than where the clamps are cause it bulges from the pressure.


I am probably 100% wrong, but thought it was worth a shot.
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Thanks for trying Brian, but you are 100% wrong. This thing is plastic. And i still don't know what it is.
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Old 02-19-2005, 11:51 PM
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do I get an A for affert?





p.s. yes I know it's spelled wrong..
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Old 02-20-2005, 12:33 AM
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Well at best i give you a B for Bice try.

Can someone please tell me what this thing is?
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Yeah O'Reilly is the parts comnpany I work for, they are rally big and the central, south, and east. If their was one near you I could get you a discount.
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Originally Posted by Rockford Fosgate Fan
Yeah O'Reilly is the parts comnpany I work for, they are rally big and the central, south, and east. If their was one near you I could get you a discount.
we don't have them anywhere around here either.
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we don't have them anywhere around here either.
Or here
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I don't know what that is I never saw one, but the dealer parts people should be able to bring it up on their computer and tell you what it is (you'd have to buy the whole hose) just ask for price and availability
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Well accoding to CZ28.com...

Originally Posted by Dave88LX
If it's straight through inside it, I don't see why you can't just bypass it....

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It's a flow reducer. Some people have bypassed it with no ill effects.
So that expains that. I'll bypass it with hose and forget about it. Thanks for trying guys but i guess thats the differance between a site that has just under 200 members and a site that has 51,000 members.
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I don't trust anyone overthere though I've seen horrible info given, but I agree it shouldn't hurt, especially in your area if you were in MI it may make it heat slower
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Well accoding to CZ28.com...





So that expains that. I'll bypass it with hose and forget about it. Thanks for trying guys but i guess thats the differance between a site that has just under 200 members and a site that has 51,000 members.
yep. we try, though. That's what counts
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Originally Posted by Rockford Fosgate Fan
Yeah O'Reilly is the parts comnpany I work for, they are rally big and the central, south, and east. If their was one near you I could get you a discount.
WE HAVE EM!!!! ALL OVER!!!

But here pep boys and auto zone tend to do better buisness....because there a ricers best friend...and here there are many of them
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