Radiator hose clamps and fuel filter - HELP

AWD Chaser · 16-12-2006, 05:03 PM

Hi guys.

Just did a major service on the car today - oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs (Boshce 4 Platinum) and leads (Top gun 8.0mm).

Now, I got stuck on two things that I need help with.

1 - I went to drop the bottom hose on the radiator and found that the hose clamp does not have a screw point on it. It is just completly round, so I can't even get a spanner on it... I'm thinking of just cutting it off and putting normal hose clamps on it. Is there a tool that I can get these off with?

2 - I went to replace the fuel filter and got stuck on that stupid clip - how do I go about getting it off?

Cheers,
Chaser

JC · 16-12-2006, 05:27 PM

Can't help with 2, but I can with 1.

The hose clapms have a round cap over the screw things. Get a screwdriver under the cap and lift it off, or use a pair of vice grips to grab it and then pull it off. Then the clamps undo and do up just like any other clamp.

EvilChief · 16-12-2006, 06:18 PM

from ef onwards they used a push on type fitting. it has a little plastic clip on the fitting which needs to be pushed back into the fitting to unlock the clip inside. there is a tool availble for 20 bucks which makes the job easier, however i have got it managed to unclip the fitting by simple pushing the plastic clip in as hard as i could. alternative is using a precision screw driver and push that into the fitting to unlock.

stiddy · 16-12-2006, 08:29 PM

With the fuel filter, get a set of pliers, squeeze the clip together hard, push up, then pull down, and the filter will pop off. Thats what happened with mine.

JC is right with the hose clamps, althought I cut mine off before having a closer look LOL.

mik · 16-12-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

Hi guys.

Just did a major service on the car today - oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs (Boshce 4 Platinum) and leads (Top gun 8.0mm).

Now, I got stuck on two things that I need help with.

1 - I went to drop the bottom hose on the radiator and found that the hose clamp does not have a screw point on it. It is just completly round, so I can't even get a spanner on it... I'm thinking of just cutting it off and putting normal hose clamps on it. Is there a tool that I can get these off with?

2 - I went to replace the fuel filter and got stuck on that stupid clip - how do I go about getting it off?

Cheers,
Chaser

i did my fuel filter thursday, on mine the filter was a sliding fit through foam, i undid the pipe nuts lifted the pipe at the front from memory(the filter has a flared bit at one end) slid the old filter out and the newey in.

JC · 16-12-2006, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChief

from ef onwards they used a push on type fitting. it has a little plastic clip on the fitting which needs to be pushed back into the fitting to unlock the clip inside. there is a tool availble for 20 bucks which makes the job easier, however i have got it managed to unclip the fitting by simple pushing the plastic clip in as hard as i could. alternative is using a precision screw driver and push that into the fitting to unlock.

Any chance of a pic or two to go with the description - even if the piuc is only of the part of the clip you need to push in. I'm buggered if I can figure out how to do it, and the filter needs replacing! And stuffed if I'm going to let someone charge me $30 or so for the pleasure!

smally289 · 18-12-2006, 02:03 AM

Instead of dropping the bottom hose, why not use the radiator drain plug? Its on the bottom of the drivers side tank and is accessed thru a hole in the bodywork using a 13mm socket.

JC · 18-12-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by smally351

Instead of dropping the bottom hose, why not use the radiator drain plug? Its on the bottom of the drivers side tank and is accessed thru a hole in the bodywork using a 13mm socket.

Good tip.

AWD Chaser · 18-12-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by smally351

Instead of dropping the bottom hose, why not use the radiator drain plug? Its on the bottom of the drivers side tank and is accessed thru a hole in the bodywork using a 13mm socket.

Thats probably why I didn't see it, so I just assumed it was like my old HZ and didn't have a drain plug

EvilChief · 18-12-2006, 03:38 PM

i would take a pic if i had a digi cam, i even got a spare plug outside the car sitting next to me :(

smally289 · 18-12-2006, 10:25 PM

some aftermarket replacement radiators dont have the drain plug, just to confuse the situation!