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I am not going to wade into the piping mystery associated with the stuff around the NA2 throttle body. Even with my little coolant system map and part number list it was hard enough trying to keep track of the 'new hoses go where/' around the throttle body let alone venture into the 'I can do better world'.With respect to accessing the release tangs on the hose clamp, what kind of tool are you using? I used one of these for most of my hose removal. I tried the cable style removal tools; but, had little success with them. Perhaps because I got a set that was too flimsy.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/17000---long-reach-hose-clamp-pliers[/URL]I also have two rather large heavy needle nose pliers, one with a long straight and one with a long bent nose. I might have used the bent nose plier to squeeze the tangs and rotate the clamp up and then use the locking pliers to hold the clamp open; however, I am thinking that on this one, after the hose was removed from the firewall side I went Rambo and cut the hose off the spigot. With the hose out of the way this gave access to the clamp tangs to allow removal of the remaining portion of hose on the spigot. When the hose went back on I think I positioned the release tangs slightly differently - more to the left side of the engine. However, this could be false memory.Have you done the heater hose yet - the long one that snakes up behind the EPS rack to the heater valve? I left that one for a future day because I could not even see the release tangs on the clamp at the bottom end. I also had the same problem with the short hose on the oil cooler. I could see the release tangs on the clamp on the far end up could not access them. I did this in late October and it was getting cold with a risk of snow and I was afraid of running out of time before I had to drive the car to the storage compound for the winter.
I am not going to wade into the piping mystery associated with the stuff around the NA2 throttle body. Even with my little coolant system map and part number list it was hard enough trying to keep track of the 'new hoses go where/' around the throttle body let alone venture into the 'I can do better world'.
With respect to accessing the release tangs on the hose clamp, what kind of tool are you using? I used one of these for most of my hose removal. I tried the cable style removal tools; but, had little success with them. Perhaps because I got a set that was too flimsy.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/17000---long-reach-hose-clamp-pliers[/URL]
I also have two rather large heavy needle nose pliers, one with a long straight and one with a long bent nose. I might have used the bent nose plier to squeeze the tangs and rotate the clamp up and then use the locking pliers to hold the clamp open; however, I am thinking that on this one, after the hose was removed from the firewall side I went Rambo and cut the hose off the spigot. With the hose out of the way this gave access to the clamp tangs to allow removal of the remaining portion of hose on the spigot. When the hose went back on I think I positioned the release tangs slightly differently - more to the left side of the engine. However, this could be false memory.
Have you done the heater hose yet - the long one that snakes up behind the EPS rack to the heater valve? I left that one for a future day because I could not even see the release tangs on the clamp at the bottom end. I also had the same problem with the short hose on the oil cooler. I could see the release tangs on the clamp on the far end up could not access them. I did this in late October and it was getting cold with a risk of snow and I was afraid of running out of time before I had to drive the car to the storage compound for the winter.
