Heater Hose Replacement

Since I have no history on my car, I want to do a cooling system service.

How long, and are there any suggestions to replacing the entire heater hose, from engine to fire wall. I understand they run from the engine compartment through the rocker pannel under the spare well to the heater valve & core.

Besides radiator hoses, and heater hoses, any suggestions as to what else I should service?

Doug Crall

 

Doug-
I would inspect all flexible lines and hoses (fuel,brakes, engine coolant, oil vapor, vac, etc) and replace as necessary.

Most important- the fuel lines.
There are quite a few of them (tank filler, vapor, fuel tank cross-overs, tank to fuel pump, etc) that can get quite brittle and cracked in twenty years. The cost of the hose is certainly not astounding, but the labor to replace them can get a little high.
The access to most of these hoses is a little challenging to say the least.

I ordered all my fuel line from T. Rutlands- worked perfectly, and was a few hundred bucks for everything but the injector lines. Mine is an 84 308 QV.

The old fuel lines on my car scared me for the obvious potential for fire.
I had the engine out at the time, so the replacement was much easier.

Here are some posts:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95643&highlight=308+fuel+hose

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66629&highlight=308+fuel+hose

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65764&highlight=308+fuel+hose

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3945&highlight=308+fuel+hose

http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/256120/160029.html



These are just a few.




good luck-
jwise