I did a quick search, and the only things I found that were covered about the heater core are removal/installation and how to hook up the inlet/outlet hoses.

I want to know if I can replace the inlet/outlet hoses, because mine are all chewed up, and the lower one won't hold coolant. It leaks into the passenger compartment and down the firewall. I had this problem before, and I just wrenched down on the hose clamp and it worked fine.

My friend just replaced the heater core on his BMW E30, and he had to buy the hoses seperatley. I was hoping honda was similar to this, but I can't find anything on majestic honda. It looks like in the diagram that the hose is directly connected to the heater core. I want to get this fixed quick, because I have the hoses looped right now so I'm freezing! Anybody know if these hoses can be replaced seperatley?

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...+UNIT

 

Are you talking about the metal tubes coming out of the heater core or the rubber hoses that are attached to the heater core tubes?

 

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The metal tubes.

 

You could attempt to smelt some new tubes on there but I would say you are going to replace your heater core since those tubes are attached to the core itself.

 

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It looks like maybe the reason for your leak is the fact that the tubes are quite misshapen. The hoses simply cannot seal properly when the tubes are in this kind of condition. But before trying to replace them, try to bend them back into shape. The simplest way to do this is to stick sockets in the holes to make them round again.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StorminMatt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try to bend them back into shape. The simplest way to do this is to stick sockets in the holes to make them round again.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'll give that a try. Wish I had more room to work with behind the motor.

 

are you talking about the rubber hose?
you can use a strait one frome napa and the one thats really bent is $14


Nevermind, i just read it all the way thru

 

The same thing happened on my CRX (metal tubes got all bent and wouldnt seal). I tried to reshape them but I didnt think of the socket idea. That might actually work pretty well .

Luckily I live in socal so I've made do for over a year without heat now.

 

The socket thing has worked pretty well for me. I used it once to fix similarly crushed heater hose nipples on a Toyota truck, as well as a radiator hose nipple on the radiator of my Civic. The easiest way to do this is to start out with a smaller socket and go bigger as you get the hose open more and more. I have also used smaller sockets (than the hole) and kind of rolled them around to expand the hole. Anyway, it beats trying to replace a heater core.