When to replace radiator and heater hoses

The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*

Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
miles on these hoses.

Thanks,

KM

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> The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> miles on these hoses.
>
> Thanks,
>
> KM
>

Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look see
at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot of
rust on them.

My opinion

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

On Apr 17, 10:38*am, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> > The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> > There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> > Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> > miles on these hoses.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > KM
>
> Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
> replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look see
> at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot of
> rust on them.
>
> My opinion
>
> Glenn Beasley
> Chrysler Tech

Glenn, thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about doing it as
*breakdown* prevention.

This van does not have rear heat, so that's one less thing to worry
about.

Is the dealer the only place to get the molded hoses?

Can the heater hoses be replaced at the firewall, or do they connect
to the heater core behind the dash?

Thanks,

KM

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On Apr 17, 10:38 am, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> ...
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> > The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> > There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> > Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> > miles on these hoses.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > KM
>
> Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
> replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look
see
> at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot of
> rust on them.
>
> My opinion
>
> Glenn Beasley
> Chrysler Tech

Glenn, thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about doing it as
*breakdown* prevention.

This van does not have rear heat, so that's one less thing to worry
about.

Is the dealer the only place to get the molded hoses?

Can the heater hoses be replaced at the firewall, or do they connect
to the heater core behind the dash?

Thanks,

KM

You should be able to get those hoses anywhere. Some of the hoses may be
preformed to fit. You don't specify engine size but if you have the 3.3/3.8,
don't forget to have the bypass hose replaced at the water pump.

Glenn

On Apr 17, 12:01*pm, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> On Apr 17, 10:38 am, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> > > The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> > > There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> > > Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> > > miles on these hoses.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > KM
>
> > Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
> > replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look
> see
> > at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot of
> > rust on them.
>
> > My opinion
>
> > Glenn Beasley
> > Chrysler Tech
>
> Glenn, thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about doing it as
> *breakdown* prevention.
>
> This van does not have rear heat, so that's one less thing to worry
> about.
>
> Is the dealer the only place to get the molded hoses?
>
> Can the heater hoses be replaced at the firewall, or do they connect
> to the heater core behind the dash?
>
> Thanks,
>
> KM
>
> You should be able to get those hoses anywhere. Some of the hoses may be
> preformed to fit. You don't specify engine size but if you have the 3.3/3.8,
> don't forget to have the bypass hose replaced at the water pump.
>
> Glenn- Hide quoted text -
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It's a 3.3. Do the heater hoses connect at the firewall, or behind the
dash?

Thanks,

Kirk

It's a 3.3. Do the heater hoses connect at the firewall, or behind the
dash?

Thanks,

Kirk

On my '95 GC SE the heater core metal lines protrude from the firewall and
the hoses are attached to them with clamps. My van does have the rear heat
and A/C though. I will second the thing about not forgetting to replace the
bypass hose as it was the first to go on our '92 Dynasty. To see it look
straight down between the thermostat housing and the A/C compressor. It is
a very short length of hose that runs from the thermostat housing portion of
the lower intake manifold to the water pump section of the timing cover.

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On Apr 17, 12:01 pm, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> On Apr 17, 10:38 am, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> ...
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> > > The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> > > There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> > > Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> > > miles on these hoses.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > KM
>
> > Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
> > replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look
> see
> > at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot
of
> > rust on them.
>
> > My opinion
>
> > Glenn Beasley
> > Chrysler Tech
>
> Glenn, thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about doing it as
> *breakdown* prevention.
>
> This van does not have rear heat, so that's one less thing to worry
> about.
>
> Is the dealer the only place to get the molded hoses?
>
> Can the heater hoses be replaced at the firewall, or do they connect
> to the heater core behind the dash?
>
> Thanks,
>
> KM
>
> You should be able to get those hoses anywhere. Some of the hoses may be
> preformed to fit. You don't specify engine size but if you have the
3.3/3.8,
> don't forget to have the bypass hose replaced at the water pump.
>
> Glenn- Hide quoted text -
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It's a 3.3. Do the heater hoses connect at the firewall, or behind the
dash?

Thanks,

Kirk

The hoses connect at the firewall, easy to remove.

Glenn

On Apr 17, 6:03*pm, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> On Apr 17, 12:01 pm, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> > On Apr 17, 10:38 am, "maxpower" > wrote:
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> > > > The hoses on my 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager are still the original.
> > > > There are no cracks, and don't feel *mushy.*
>
> > > > Should I replace them as a precaution? It has been 15 years / 99,000
> > > > miles on these hoses.
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > KM
>
> > > Ozone will tear rubber up. If you got the time and extra money I would
> > > replace them. If this vehicle has rear heat you may want to take a look
> > see
> > > at the auxiliary lines. They are steel and will break if they have alot
> of
> > > rust on them.
>
> > > My opinion
>
> > > Glenn Beasley
> > > Chrysler Tech
>
> > Glenn, thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about doing it as
> > *breakdown* prevention.
>
> > This van does not have rear heat, so that's one less thing to worry
> > about.
>
> > Is the dealer the only place to get the molded hoses?
>
> > Can the heater hoses be replaced at the firewall, or do they connect
> > to the heater core behind the dash?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > KM
>
> > You should be able to get those hoses anywhere. Some of the hoses may be
> > preformed to fit. You don't specify engine size but if you have the
> 3.3/3.8,
> > don't forget to have the bypass hose replaced at the water pump.
>
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> It's a 3.3. Do the heater hoses connect at the firewall, or behind the
> dash?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kirk
>
> The hoses connect at the firewall, easy to remove.
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I'll go ahead and do it then. I am hoping to squeeze another year or
two of service from the ole '93.

It's interesting how many old Chrysler mini-vans are still on the
road. I see many 1991 - 95 vintages, along with some 1987 -1990
flavors too. I have not seen a 1984 - 1986 for a long time.

When I was growing up in the 1960's, no one would have thought of
driving a 10 - 15 year old car at the time. When we traded in our 1955
Mercury, it was 8 years old, and "could not be trusted" for long trips
anymore. Things have change a lot since then.

A neighbor had 256,000 miles on his 1990 Dodge Dynasty before he
replaced it.

Thanks for reading,

-KM

the 92,93,94 and 95 were the best Mini Vans Chrysler had. When the new body
style 96's came out they had problems.

Glenn Beasley

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Agreed. My '95 GC SE 3.3 is doing just fine with slightly over 225,000
miles now and my cousin's '96 GC (not sure about submodel or miles) 3.3 is
having lots of issues. As I said before the '92 Dynasty 3.3 made it to
252,000 before the spun bearing and it is now waiting to be crushed which is
kinda sad as it had the rare vinyl roof over the rear window area.