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I finally tried that $3 hose pinch trick on a Ford 5.4 and it saved me a whole weekend
Two years back a guy at a shop in Reno told me to pinch off the heater hose with a pair of hose clamp pliers instead of draining the whole cooling system for a intake job. I figured that was backyard nonsense and kept doing it the slow way, losing a gallon of coolant into a pan every single time. Last month a 5.4 came in leaking from the crossover, and I was already two cars behind, so I tried his method on the hose going to the firewall. Took me 15 minutes to swap the gasket and I spilled maybe a cup total, versus the usual 45 minute drain and refill plus a burp. The pliers I grabbed were the long reach ones from the tool truck, about $40, and they held fine the whole job with no hose damage. If you're still pulling the lower hose for every little cooling repair, you're burning time you don't have. What's your go to trick for keeping coolant in the block?
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