Hello folks,
So this summer, I am planning on changing a few coolant pieces as preventive maintenance. My coupe has always had a coolant drain/refill every 2 yrs (Zerex G05/distilled water), so the hoses are in good shape (nothing swollen).
Ordered all parts below from the dealer:
• Rear T is already done
• The short 90 degree water pump hose in the front has already been done
• The short straight hose right behind the water pump hasn't been done, but it looks ok/not swollen. Is that an easy replacement or does the whole water pump assembly need to be removed for this?
• Front T has been ordered and it's here
• The 2 cyl head to firewall hoses have been ordered and they are here as well (thanks to Mava for flagging this in one of his posts)
• New rad drain cock is here as well
• Upper/lower rad hoses are in really good shape and I am thinking of leaving them as-is. OEM is about $60~$80 a piece, but ACDelco ones are under $20. Are these hoses known to fail?
• “Reservoir to radiator” hose has been ordered and it's here
• Reservoir: I have the old style reservoir w/ a metal cap. I ordered the new style reservoir with a screw-on plastic rad cap. When it arrived, the rad cap wasn't included (dealer never told me) so I ordered it separately and had to wait another few days. The new rad cap has now arrived and it’s the old metal style cap. When the dealer looks up the part # by VIN, the metal one keeps coming up, and it does not say "superseded by ... new part #" .. anyway, they are looking into it, and will try to track the appropriate rad cap.
I just thought it was funny that a) when ordering the reservoir, it does not come with a cap, and b) VIN search for the reservoir brings up the new style reservoir but the old style rad cap.
I will post some pics in a week or two when I get to replace everything.
Next summer I will buy high quality silicon coolant hoses and will tackle the windshield heater hoses, and all the remaining small hoses in and out of the duo valve.
So this summer, I am planning on changing a few coolant pieces as preventive maintenance. My coupe has always had a coolant drain/refill every 2 yrs (Zerex G05/distilled water), so the hoses are in good shape (nothing swollen).
Ordered all parts below from the dealer:
• Rear T is already done
• The short 90 degree water pump hose in the front has already been done
• The short straight hose right behind the water pump hasn't been done, but it looks ok/not swollen. Is that an easy replacement or does the whole water pump assembly need to be removed for this?
• Front T has been ordered and it's here
• The 2 cyl head to firewall hoses have been ordered and they are here as well (thanks to Mava for flagging this in one of his posts)
• New rad drain cock is here as well
• Upper/lower rad hoses are in really good shape and I am thinking of leaving them as-is. OEM is about $60~$80 a piece, but ACDelco ones are under $20. Are these hoses known to fail?
• “Reservoir to radiator” hose has been ordered and it's here
• Reservoir: I have the old style reservoir w/ a metal cap. I ordered the new style reservoir with a screw-on plastic rad cap. When it arrived, the rad cap wasn't included (dealer never told me) so I ordered it separately and had to wait another few days. The new rad cap has now arrived and it’s the old metal style cap. When the dealer looks up the part # by VIN, the metal one keeps coming up, and it does not say "superseded by ... new part #" .. anyway, they are looking into it, and will try to track the appropriate rad cap.
I just thought it was funny that a) when ordering the reservoir, it does not come with a cap, and b) VIN search for the reservoir brings up the new style reservoir but the old style rad cap.
I will post some pics in a week or two when I get to replace everything.
Next summer I will buy high quality silicon coolant hoses and will tackle the windshield heater hoses, and all the remaining small hoses in and out of the duo valve.