Dale Gribble

Well i started pissing coolant all over my engine bay and much to my surprise, the hose in the picture (the one running down) had rubbed against the pulley and torn.

i can't see how far down it runs and am not in the mood to start repairing it right now so i didn't check to see how far dow nthe hose runs. does anyone know if the engine will have to be removed to get to the other end, or just the airbox?

Dale Gribble

well..whatever it is...its pissing coolant man....ease of replacement?

Dale Gribble

i circled the line i was talking about in this pic

Tippy

Yes, coolant runs through it. It is a POS piece of plastic with nipples on both ends. Real cheap though.

Mfletch

Omar, I had to replace the lower hose recently. It was easy until I broke the plastic piece that attaches to the power steering pump. It is very fragile. You will need a couple hose clamps to replace the factory (single use clamps). The part was cheap from Sunset, but required two tries before I got the right part. Good luck.

Dale Gribble

thanks.
i take this as a sign...God is telling me it was time for a coolant flush anyhow....or he's smiting me for skipping morning prayers...eitherway..this weekend will suck.

Mfletch

Omar, you will lose less than a cup of coolant. If you have the parts you need, this is a 30 minute job (if you take a break).

Dale Gribble

part was on backorder so it'll be here next week or later this week. glad to know it's only a half an hr's job mark.

the parts guy at the dealer gave me this weird look when i said coolant was comming out of the line lol

racer08

Does anyone have a part number for this? I had the same plastic piece break tonight and now my engine is covered in coolant. Do I just replace the plastic piece or do I need to do anything with the hoses as well. Thanks.

redridge

looks like a POS alright.... Im gonna order one or two, its just a matter of time that Im gonna break mine.

racer08

Yeah, I barely nudged the hose and it snapped off. I thought the hose clamp failed and it had slipped off. Then after the coolant stopped coming out I realized that it was a plastic piece that had broken. Part Number anyone?

an02boxster

Cheap part $2-3 1/2 hour job as stated. sorry I do not part #. The hard part is getting the remaining pieces out of the hose.

racer08

Thanks for the info. Actually getting the piece out of the hose was easy. Just screwed in a screw and pulled, and out it came. I hate calling the parts dept. saying "Yeah, it's al little hose that runs from here to here". Because you know when you get there, it's going to be the wrong part. Anyhow, thanks again for the help.

redridge

From the PET catalog in the engine section page 31, item 18

2 part #'s maybe one is for 2001?

A 996 106 226 51
996 106 226 52

Ryan C

the part number is 996 106 226 52. The A in front of a part number in PET means that it's been undated and the new part is usually one number higher than the last.