oldiemotors Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Hello everyone, I am working on a 1995 STS and have a few questions. Noticed several places under the hood where hoses are missing, and one hose inside a hose that looks suspicious. Was wondering if anyone can help me with the following: 1. There is a pipe coming from under the plastic engine cover and exits between the engine mount and the TPS. There is currently no hose attached and I am wondering where this should be connected? 2. The cruise control module appears to also be missing a hose. Does anyone know where this should be connected? 3. There is a hose inside another hose and I don't think it came from the factory like this. Was wondering if anyone knows if this is right? Been looking for some drawings or illustrations for all the plumbing, but have not been able to find any online sources. If anyone can point me to a site that has exploded views or illustrations that would be very much appreciated. Thanks, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott y Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Take that small dia hose out of the larger one and connect it to your cruise, then swivel the larger hose over to the one coming out from under the plstic cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott y Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 It kind of makes ya wonder about some people that work on the Northstar...By the way,when you removed that section of heater hose from the water pump cover did you splash some coolant around or is the water pump cover leaking? I see green stuff in a typical leak area of the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldiemotors Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Scott F, Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, that is coolant that splashed out when I removed the heater hose. This is my mother-in-law's car and the mechanic working on it is (was) really doing sloppy work. I am redoing the radiator replacement that her mechanic just did because when he replaced the radiator he didn't notice the lower rubber radiator supports were shot. This allowed the radiator to slide back and make contact with the fan...cutting into the brand new radiator. Also, it might have helped if he would have replaced the bolts for the upper radiator support, but I guess that would have just taken too much time and effort on his part. There was not one bolt holding the radiator in place. So, I am in the process of doing the job over. Right after he did the radiator replacement my mother-in-law said it started leaking oil on the driveway. She took it back to the mechanic and he told her that the front main seal was bad and he would have to pull the engine to fix it. That is when she talked to me about the repairs and I volunteered to take a look at her car. Turns out the leaking oil was due to the fact that he reused the old o-rings on the oil cooler lines and the lines were barely finger-tight at the radiator. He obviously couldn't remember where the hoses went and didn't take the time to figure it out. He just left them disconnected. The mechanic is definitely incompetent, possibly a crook, and probably both. He is also history. Thanks again, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airmike Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 You have probably just stated the reason most of us started working on our own cars! I don't have enough negative adjectives in my vocabulary for those mechanics. I am sorry you had to do this for you mother in law, but kudos to you for taking care of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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