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Summary: Install heater core components once you have installed the new core hose by reconnecting the air intake; learn how from our expert car mechanic in this free auto-maintenance video.
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Mark Blocker Mark Blocker is a semi-retired automotive service excellence (ASE) certified master mechanic with more than 20 years of automotive experience. He has been a s... read more
Hello I am mark Blocker with expert village. In this segment we are going to covering reinstalling the previously removed parts after removing the part after replacing the heater hose. As you remember, this is the air intake boot. If you take just a minute and look over the boot you can see the various places where the hoses connect and are used for brackets and clamps for those hoses. The two main connections where one other breather hose was connected and a vacuum hose. So now we have identified what we need to connect. We just go in reverse order. Slide one end of the air duct to the intake. Wiggling back and forth the other end on to the intake box. Slide it now, position clamps so that you will have flexibility insert the other hose. Clip your hose and throttle cables in necessary brackets, connect vacuum hoses, connect hoses down below. Use a pair of pillars to connect spring clamps. The spring clamps used on the air intake system, it is acceptable for you to reuse those because they don’t play a critical part or have critical pressure they basically just to hold the hose onto the fitting. So if they lose a little bit of tension it is not a critical situation. Where the cooling system in under high pressure and a release of clamp pressure could cause leak. The last thing we need to do is tighten down those tow screw clamps with a Philips screw driver. Ok once again check over everything to make sure all hoses are in the proper bracket. And as I said before the last thing to do is tighten down those two clamps with a Phillips screw driver. Let me obtain that. First clamp, just tight down. Once again rightly tightly and lefty loosely. Something my father taught me that have always stuck with me. Ok now the clamps are secure. Briefly check and it is proper. Please make sure you watch our next segment on filling the cooling system and checking or leaks.