Do the easy job first, difficult job later. Drain coolant into a pan and set it under the car so debris/leaves don’t fall inside and you don’t step on it.Ģ. If your Radiator is old (more than 10 years old), don’t touch the petcock as you can crack it, and finding a spare petcock on a Sunday can be very difficult! So the best bet is by loosening Lower Rad Hose. With front of car raised on wood ramps, drain coolant via Lower Rad Hose. If you follow the tricks below, it will be super-easy!ġ. Then I did it from BELOW and believe me, it is much easier than I thought after reading all the DIYs. It is very very difficult, if not impossible, I tried and failed. For the Turbo Coolant Hose, don’t even try to replace it from ABOVE. Likewise, I re-used the two (2) copper washers on the Banjo Bolt on Turbo, zero issues. Inspect the factory clamps, I re-used all the clamps. During installation, always add a bit of oil/grease (very thin smear) on the Metal Pipe, it makes insertion of the new hose (which tends to be tight) much much easier. Don’t assume your new hoses are clean inside, wash it with some water to clean out any debris inside before installation. Just get rid of the junk for a good seal later, no need to be shiny perfect. Always clean the Metal Pipe nicely before installing new hose: use a small screwdriver/sand paper to clean the old gunk. When old hose bonds to Metal Pipe, just rotate it before removing. Since I replaced the Turbo Coolant Hose, I may as well drain the whole cooling system, it is much easier than you think. Turbo Hose about going South by “tailor”: Long needle tip pliers, about 12” to play with clamp on the Turbo vacuum hose. Coolant: my coolant is relatively new (2 years old Volvo OEM), so I re-used it using coffee filter paper/funnel combo. Super-long screwdriver, about 18-inch or 20-inch type VolvoRadHose01.JPG (56.25 KiB) Viewed 10040 times
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