Heater hose diagram?
Roulette
Band Wagon
Maybe I'm just blind, but I can't figure out the layout of my heater hoses. One of them blew (according to a shop I took it to for a diagnostic) and it's leaking coolant from near the front passenger tire. I checked all around yesterday (without jacking up the car, going to try that today) and I couldn't find the busted hose. They want to charge me $200 to replace one friggin hose so I'm trying to just do this myself.
Anyone have a picture from the manual of maybe the lower hoses? It's so crammed in that engine compartment.....
Anyone have a picture from the manual of maybe the lower hoses? It's so crammed in that engine compartment.....
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the valve for the heater is right under the sock :P the inlet hose is connected to this. the hose coming out from under the sock is the return hose.
as you can see they are located directly above the rear engine mount
btw, for $200 they better change every single hose, flush the coolant system and hand detail your car
And yea, for friggin $200 they better do my taxes while they're at it. Ridiculous! I need to find a good mechanic in Austin
EDIT - I should have mentioned, this is an 86 Wagon btw.....not sure if that will change the layout?
So thanks to your awesome pics and a diagram I found online I was able to remove the busted hose with a little clever ratchet work...stupid clamps grumble grumble...Now on to the new hose and keeping my fingers crossed the head gasket isn't warped!
I had to take off my spark plug wires from the distributor to get to the hoses, and maybe I'm putting them back on incorrectly because now my car won't start......
Does anyone know the order to the distributor on an 86 wagon? :oops:
EDIT- OK I found it online and got it started BUT now it's choking under 2 RPM and dying *sigh* The hose replacement also didn't solve the leak/steaming issue though now it doesn't overheat....
I'm tired of all these little things piling up
So, I think what happened was I am a total noob and put the wires on incorrectly (even after consulting the internet) and while the car was able to get enough spark to actually start, it wasn't enough to keep the car running. I'm pretty sure I also flooded it from trying to start it so many times with the incorrect wires. Ugh.
Anyway, the next morning I went out and smacked myself in the forehead when I realize the distributor cap is friggin NUMBERED. So yea, thanks to daylight and patience the car is now running pretty well. Only problem is, there is still a small coolant leak coming from near the front passenger tire.....right about where the coolant reservoir is. The leak is WAY "better" than before and it's holding on to the coolant in the tank for way longer AND it's not overheating anymore but the leak still concerns me.
I took the ad down for the time being. I just get so frustrated with this darn car. It seems like every other month something breaks, and the tranny is going bad anyway so really it's only a matter of time until a major overhaul is needed. Trying to decide if it's worth that frustration in the future or not.....