Just completed my valve covers and noticed that every single hose is rock hard and ready to crumble. I'm now trying to replace the 4 hoses on the passenger side cylinder head located right next to the oil filter housing. The particular hose I'm trying to replace is the hose located to the right rear of the oil filter housing if you are standing behind the passenger side fender. There are 3 hoses (2 of which are connected) located just right of the oil filter housing that look fairly easy but this 119 094 45 82 hose looks virtually impossible. It's clamped on by those stubborn clamps on both ends. I might be able to take off the closest clamp, but the other clamp looks impossible to get to. Even if I break off the hose and then rip off the clamp with some pliers, how will I get clamps back on to that end for the new hose? Looks like if I take off the oil filter housing cover it may give me a little more room but it still looks impossible short of taking off the exhaust manifold or the distributor housing? Any ideas guys?
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How do you replace 1190944582 passenger side cylinder head hose?
- Thread starter richardkwon
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Those are for the smog air pump. If they are not broken or otherwise damaged, I'd probably leave them alone, unless you have to replace the pump and disconnect the hoses anyway. Removing the oil filter housing would be even less fun. The smog pump only runs for a few minutes after a cold start, to reduce emissions from the rich mixture. These hoses aren't critical, although if obviously broken, they should be replaced.
The more important hoses are the ones on the intake manifold, that go to both valve covers... if these are cracked or leaking, it causes a manifold vacuum leak, which isn't good.
The more important hoses are the ones on the intake manifold, that go to both valve covers... if these are cracked or leaking, it causes a manifold vacuum leak, which isn't good.
I found it helpful to use a Dremel tool to cut the hardened hose off of the hose leading to the ETA, presuming you are planning to leave the ETA hose alone. If you use a screwdriver, you will likely damage the ETA hose, but if you carefully cut a V in the end of the hose leading to the ETA hose, it allows you to break that hose away without damaging the hose to the ETA.
This sounds like the trick. Might as well wait until I need to pull either one of these.
