Stuck coolant hose

[Rahul Jones]

Hey guys,

I was doing a coolant flush on my car as it was too rusty but the lower radiator hose was glued previously by someone with silicone glue I believe. There is no room to use a blade to free it. Is there any other suggestions? :dry:

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[Mike]

Take the other end off for your flush. It was probably sealed because the hose is junk and will leak without being resealed again. If it’s over a corroded aluminum nipple on the engine, it will have to be sanded smooth again or a new hose won’t seal in the long-term either.

As for getting the siliconed hose apart, you have to use some sort of pick that you can run around the diameter between the hose and the nipple. I have variety of different picks/hooks for doing this no matter what the angle is. You may have to buy something special in this case. I usually use a standard 90° pick that point has been dulled/blunted slightly on (so it doesn’t tear the piss out of the hose inside), but I also have a set of “radiator hose picks” that covers all the oddball angles I run into. There are many brands and places to get them, but they are called “radiator hose picks” so that’s what to search for. Mayhew is the best quality picks/prybars outside tool truck brands and are of equally high quality.

[Rahul Jones]

Thanks. I was struggling to find the tool too. Now I found it…..

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