WARNING: rear passenger head-to-heater coolant hose

[speedoflife]

I am not sure how well known of an issue this is, but I recently had a major coolant loss while driving for no apparent reason. I did some searching and found vague mentioning of a bolt that caused leaks on New Edge mustangs on the hose that connects the rear passenger head to the heater core. Well after removal of the hose, I found the aforementioned bolt and the hole it had worn through the hose. This was annoying for two reasons in particular: the problem could have been easily foreseen and prevented, as the setup was a ticking time bomb, and ford discontinued the production of the hose that needed replacing. So just a warning to everyone: please check this hose and make sure that bolt isn't trying to shove its way through that irreplaceable heater hose. I fab'ed up one of my own for replacement and went through the tedious coolant burping procedure, which solved my leak. Safe driving.

 

[03SonicVert]

Do you have a photo of the old hose?

I haven't heard of this before but will check next time my wife lets me out in the garage!

SV

 

[brian97cobra]

what are you talking about?

im glad you fixed it but send some pics

also you can find the hoses in a bone yard

 

[TRBO VNM]

From the factory that bolt has a rubber cap on it to prevent that from happening. But if someone knocks the cap off, then there could be issues.

 

[snakerider]

I had the same issue last year. Hose had a pin size hole in it. Good thing it happened while that hose was still in production, was able to get a new one from ford. Can post pics of the hose you fab'ed up, I would love to see the hose you made. And it might help fellow members out in the future incase they have this issue