this just happened to me yesterday and I was prepared to tow my truck to the shop. however I've been in the habit of coming to youtube university to see if there is a remedy that I can execute to save me money. This is very much doable, thanks for the video Danny...

Fantastic video man.......that connection on my 2005 Escalade just broke in the exact same location. Lost about 2.5 gallons of coolant (out of the 4.5 total in the system). I ended up driving another 90 seconds or so since I was close to home. On the way, I put it in neutral, shut the engine off and coasted for a good chunk of it. The temp gauge was still rising very quickly but never overheated so I am hoping that means there was enough coolant left to get an accurate reading on the temps and that I didn't cause any damage to the head gasket or heads.....looks good so far thank God I really appreciate you showing the alternative method of repairing this. I'm not a big fan of worm gear hose clamps for cooling system repairs but they are 100x better than whatever GM was trying to do with these quick connectors..... I ended up just going to O'Reilly's and getting 1/2 inch (inner diameter) heater hose. Strangely, the correct hose size is 9/16 (inner diameter) but good luck finding that. The 1/2 worked just fine, I had to gently stretch it out some needle nose pliers and ended up lubricating the inside lightly with some liquid silicone grease. It made for a fantastic fit on both the heater core and water pump connections. For anyone else out there, I would personally skip on getting a specific part replacement and just rig up your own setup. It will be much more serviceable the future and any coolant leaks for a loose hose clamp are much easier to fix than a quick connector that either works or doesn't. No need to buy the part online, just get some 1/2 heater hose, hose clamps, and liquid silicone grease. Good luck to anyone else dealing with this!

Thanks bro I broke it changing valve covers. Was scrambling. Thank you for the easy fix

Great work around from those quick disconnects which can be a pain!!!

Exactly what I needed. Thank you!!

@mack606

6 ай бұрын

Them connectors ain’t coming off easy you have to break the tabs

Thank you very much that made my day man my car ma hose just sheared right off. So that’s looks simple enough thank you very much

thats some good help.👏👏 thank you very much...God Bless you.

Life saver thank you!!!

Do you have the part number for all parts that are needed I’d would be very grateful. The auto stores here close are AutoZone and Oriely

Ested es El mejor con sus esplicaciones you are the best

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

3 ай бұрын

Muchísimas gracias. Estoy feliz que encontraste la película

Hell yeah! Thanks man’

Spot on

Champion

Thankyou

Thank you for the video. How do you get the air out of the system?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

4 ай бұрын

Here is a burping example kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqWtysiFm5yzfJs.htmlsi=osDv_F2HiP__E3qw

Would a failure of that adapter cause wet floors it's dripping under hood from that area onto a coil and manifold but before I rip my dash out was jw

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

5 ай бұрын

If its a wet floor inside the truck it may be the heater core under the dash. This line should only drip onto the garage floor

So do you still have heat after the fix cause mine just broke as well so I just bypassed it for now

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

5 ай бұрын

I still have heat because it was fixed and the lines go to the heater core. If you bypass it no heat

@dannyjohnsongarage Is this line pressured? Why do you think that GM used the plastic connectors instead of just using worm clamps to begin with?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Ай бұрын

It has pressure with the water pump running (up to 30 psi) but will slightly gush when removed. They used it for ease of a quick connect when installing is my guess.

@stephenfloyd9888

Ай бұрын

@@dannyjohnsonsgarage Thank you.

Hi there. I have a question i have a isuzu ascender. I notist it only has one heater hose connected. But nothing in the second one i see the pipe on its own. I think where i took it they took one off. So they should have two? Right?

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it should go in one side to the heater core, then return back

@AgustinaQuinteroFelix

2 ай бұрын

@@dannyjohnsonsgarage This person didn't want to give me a waranty of the work. I did notist something very off when i went to pick up my isuzu. He was doing the same job to this guys truck. And i told him how much i has to pay he said nothing. And the other guy was laughing. Something sound very fishy.

Do yourself a favor and do away with these quick release fittings altogether just like this guy did. There is no benefit to having them on your vehicle, they will only wear out later. Install standard T's and or clamp hoses directly without quick release fittings.

@reric88

2 ай бұрын

Listen to this person. I am getting beyond PO'd because I can't get the quick connect off. I'm 6'1" and have above average size hands I guess, and I am literally having to climb up into the hood, lay down, and somehow fit my hands which seem to triple in size whenever I need to reach between things, and on top of this, the quick connect WILL NOT RELEASE and the hose has rotted, pliers just break it apart... But only up to the connection... This is a 2006 Tahoe

People removing the quick connect fittings do NOT do you any favors. The end that the hose clicks into is plastic. It is not meant to have tension pushing into it from a hose camp. It’s a pressure fitting that seals itself by making a clean connection end to end. You crushing it with a hose clamp is just going to break the fitting off farther back into the firewall and then your really up a a creak. Replace it with a factory GM hose or do this and sell the vehicle. Either way doing this will cause to to have more issues sooner than later. You don’t clamp things to plastic.

Same happened to mines seem like wrong hose..

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

Ай бұрын

It may also have an adapter missing (or that needs to be removed).

Yeah that didn't work at all... snapped the whole T right in half

Need to burb them every 2 years or so

There is a reason these come in a 2 pack 😅 they break all the time. I keep my spare in my glovebox.

How many jugs of cool and did you need

@dannyjohnsonsgarage

6 күн бұрын

One did it. Depends on how much you lost