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Hey all, Ive found out where my car is leaking coolant from. Its leaking at the heater hose closest to the inlet manifold. It looks as if the crappy wire hose clamp has split the perished hose and is now leaking. I have called JMS who gave me a quote of $550 to replace both hoses and labour. Is there anywhere else anyone can reccomend that i should take it to be fixed (cheaper/better service?never dealt with jms before)? im in Adelaide aswell.

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daniel

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For that price I would be having a go at it myself. From memory there is 2 hoses that run under the manifold. If its the one that goes round the back of the head....DONT have a go at it.Its a really tough one. But the other one that doesnt go around the head...Its tough as well but Do-able . The connection closest to the radiator isnt too bad, Its just the other side one that is the Biatch...

If you are going to pay a mechanic to replace these, my advice is to get ALL the hoses done in one hit. Funny thing about hoses is that as soon as one goes, the rest follow very soon after

Good luck !!

If the manifold has to come off (gtr manifold is approx a 4hr job), might be worth changing the inlet manifold gasket to metal one (the paper gasket have a habit of cracking from old age + higher than stock boost). If it's a heater hose behind the engine, it might be a engineout job.

its the hoses that run around the back of the head. i know the one that runs under the inlet manifold and i could do that one myself. i had a try at getting to the hose clamp for one of the heater hoses but even though my hands arnt that big i still cant squeeze it into the gap.

well im gonna try and get access to a hoist on the weekend to have a look as the final quote from jms for 3 hoses (both heater and the one under the inlet manifold) and labour was $650. I also asked if it was a gearbox/engine out job and he said no there is a trick to it.

If its just a starter motor to be pulled out thats not too bad then and my hands arnt that big lol. I will try to put up a DIY when i do this for future reference for eveyone else.

if any1 has info on the "trick" to doing this please let me know :thumbsup:

Hey all, Ive found out where my car is leaking coolant from. Its leaking at the heater hose closest to the inlet manifold. It looks as if the crappy wire hose clamp has split the perished hose and is now leaking. I have called JMS who gave me a quote of $550 to replace both hoses and labour. Is there anywhere else anyone can reccomend that i should take it to be fixed (cheaper/better service?never dealt with jms before)? im in Adelaide aswell.

Thanks

daniel

LOl $550?? Bro wen this happened to me, i fixed it myself with a $10 heater hose from autobarns. this hose is in much better condition that the OEM one ever was. its just hard to get under there coz there's not much space,,but its not impossible

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