pk222

hey guys tonight when was around 30 seconds from my house one of the three rubber insulated hoses going into the firewall held on by hose clamps compltely shreded. I wasn't racin around or anything just a 2 minute drive and it shreaded came up my driveway into the light and saw a huge cloud of steam. The hose I need to replace goes kind of under the intake manifold and it held radiator fluid. Am I going to need to remove the intake manifold to fix this? should I replace all the other hoses? what type of radiator fluid should I run, the green right? Just making sure if I have to take the intake manifold off the gaskets are not reusable right?
Does anyone possibly know the diameter of the hose and if its just regular heater/radiator hose? I cant see enough tonight and I wont have a car tomarrow to go get the hose once I find out but my mom said she would get the hose I needed but I cant tell her what to get until I take it off to find out what diameter it is.

I would really, really appreciate any help on this.
thanks in advance for any input

CantStopTheFox...

Not sure what the third hose you are talking about is, but there are two hoses that run into your firewall that connect your heater core...if that is the hose you are talking about, just replace it. No need to tear open your intake manifold...

If your heater core is bad, then you can bypass it for now........then tear open your dash and replace the heater core when you have some time

Go to the auto parts store, and tell them you need one of the heater core hoses (there are 2 different sizes)...they will have it

pk222

I replaced the hoses and thermostat and radiator fluid wasnt nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. thank you for your reply

mjr46

^^^might wanna replace radiator cap too

pk222

what psi cap should I get?

AdderMk2

the one thats recommended for your car.....

pk222

thats really helpful...

pk222

I'm sorry, I'm still pritty new to cars. I think I've read around and its 14 psi? still not sure?