How To Replace Upper Radiator Hose 2000-06 Chevy Suburban
Created on: 2014-06-23
This video will show the steps for removing the upper radiator hose, including draining and refilling the coolant
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step 1 :Draining the Coolant
- Twist off the coolant bottle cap
- Have a drain pan ready
- Twist off the radiator drain plug
- Allow the coolant to drain
- Twist on the radiator drain plug
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step 2 :Removing the Intake Hose
- Loosen the intake hose clamps with a flat blade screwdriver
- Lift the intake hose up and out
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step 3 :Removing the Upper Radiator Hose
- Unclip the smaller hose from the radiator hose
- Loosen the radiator hose clamps with pliers
- Pull the hose off
- If the hose is seized, cut the side with a razor blade
- Unclip the radiator hose
- Pull the hose up and out
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step 4 :Preparing the New Hose
- Pry the clips off the old radiator hose with a flat blade screwdriver
- Put the clips onto the new hose
- Pull the hose clamps off the old hose with pliers
- Slide off the heat shields
- Slide the heat shields onto the new hose
- Slide the hose clamps onto the new hose with pliers
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step 5 :Installing the Radiator Hose
- Slide the radiator hose into place
- Slide the hose clamps into place with pliers
- Clip in the radiator hose
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step 6 :Installing the Intake Hose
- Push the intake hose into place
- Tighten the intake hose clamps with a flat blade screwdriver
- Clip the smaller hose onto the radiator hose
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step 7 :Filling the Coolant
- Add coolant to the coolant bottle using a funnel
- Twist on the coolant bottle cap
- Run the engine briefly
- Add coolant as necessary
Tools needed
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Razor Blade / Gasket Scraper
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Drain Pan
Slip-Joint Pliers
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the upper radiator hose on this 2002 Chevy Suburban. The items you'll need for this are a flat blade screwdriver, a pair of pliers, drip pan, razor, and coolant.
Start off by removing your coolant overflow bottle cap. By the driver's side front wheel, go in front of that. At the bottom corner of your radiator, there is a thumb screw that is your radiator drain. Remove that, and obviously, have a drip pan underneath.
Now loosen up this hose clamp, and this hose clamp, using a flat blade screwdriver. Pull both ends of the intake hose out, and then lift it up and out. Pull this smaller hose free, and then, using a pair of pliers, just push the teeth together on this hose clamp. Then, slide the hose clamp up the hose. You want to also just pull this hose free. It should pull free, but ours is seized up on here. If you have the same problem, just use a razor blade, and cut up along the side here. Now you can just pull it free. Now push the teeth together on this hose clamp, and slide it down the hose. Pull the hose free. Then you just lift up on this clip.
Now, you want to transfer over all of these clips and hose clamps to your new hose. Using a flat blade screwdriver, you just pry the teeth apart on this clip, and it pulls free. Put it onto your new hose, and just push those teeth together. Now repeat the process on this clip. You also want to transfer over those shields and the hose clamps, which you just push the teeth together with pliers and slide them off. Then, slide them onto your new hose.
Now, push the teeth together on the hose clamp, slide the radiator hose into place, and slide the clamp back up into place. Push this clip straight down. Then line up this hose, push it into place, and slide the hose clamp back down. Now take your intake hose, feed it back down into place, and push both ends back to where they need to be. This hose needs to go underneath that radiator hose.
Then, once they're both in place, just push this hose back up in, and it'll clip onto the side there. Then, tighten up those two hose clamps with your flat blade screwdriver. Now replace the coolant to the max fill line, and then you want to start the vehicle. Let it run for a little bit and heat up, and let the coolant circle through. Then check where it's at, and fill it back to the max fill line if necessary.
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