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2003 Canry Hose

Old Dec 6, 2023 | 05:55 PM
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Hi,

Found this hose under my neices 2003 Camry LE 2.4L.

Can anyone identify it? It's not a brake hose, brakes bled perfectly and operate.

Thanks!



 
Old Dec 7, 2023 | 09:01 AM
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Doesn't seem to match any hose listed on the car but?.

Suggest the following:

Inspect the inside of hose for signs of material such as coolant or trans/engine oil. If oil then there should still be signs of this inside the hose. If coolant and it evaporated look for signs of discoloration and a layer of solid film build up from the coolant. Or perhaps the hose just moved air.

Check the radiator and coolant over flow reservoir coolant level in case its a coolant hose.

Check power steering and engine oil levels in case its an oil cooler or power steering reservoir fluid return line.

Its not a brake line or AC line.

Best guess is its a coolant hose connecting the engine to the heater core.

The hose is bent to go around something presumed the engine or a perhaps a strut tower.

Seems odd the hose would have completely falling off as in one side appeared to be held on with a hose clamp. If a hose breaks it typically stays put the ends are firmly connected by a hose clamp.

Take the hose and try to best fit into the somewhere in the engine compartment. There would be a similar size hose which was the other end of the hose plus a now open hose flitting that didn't have a hose connected to it.

Or it my not be for the car.
 
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