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I have red fluid is leaking from a small diameter hose. The leak is near the catalytic converter pic attached.

Is this something that can be easily repaired?
 

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2chains said:
I have red fluid is leaking from a small diameter hose. The leak is near the catalytic converter pic attached.

Is this something that can be easily repaired?
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Rear heater core lines. You can bypass them in the engine bay. Loop the hose back together like bypassing a normal heater core. Replacement lines part number 87248-35061. You can drive it but keep an eye on your coolant level.
 
Yep, the first painted steel version of the rear heater coolant lines. They were changed to stainless steel (aluminum?) in either 00 or 01. I got a set of those at a junkyard for cheap and installed them on my '99. When I took the original lines off mine, I saw that I'd just barely beaten a leak, some of the rust bubbles had only a tissue paper thin layer of metal left.
 
JohnMc said:
Yep, the first painted steel version of the rear heater coolant lines. They were changed to stainless steel (aluminum?) in either 00 or 01. I got a set of those at a junkyard for cheap and installed them on my '99. When I took the original lines off mine, I saw that I'd just barely beaten a leak, some of the rust bubbles had only a tissue paper thin layer of metal left.
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I thought possibly 99 and 00 ones had them as well. Good to know it's only the 01 and 02 that did. It's a shame you can buy them anymore. As of a few years ago you could.. :(

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2chains said:
Found this

8724835061 - Toyota Pipe sub-assembly, water. Pipe, heater. Pipe | Toyota Parts Direct, London ON
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That's them. Glad you can still get them new as an option. I thought they were discontinued for a while. I grabbed 2 sets of the pick and pull for I think i have one or 2 that still need to be swapped over to stainless.

Some folks make them out of copper nickel lines as well so they never rot out again as well. :-)

Others just disconnect the rear heater like badluck suggested as well.. :-)
 
I feel those hoses are too narrow! To get hot air out of the rear cents, one should drive about 20+ miles. How about installing regular heater hoses, all flexible from front to back?
 
nissanh said:
I feel those hoses are too narrow! To get hot air out of the rear cents, one should drive about 20+ miles. How about installing regular heater hoses, all flexible from front to back?
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Maybe if you put a normal size heat core back there. That's designed just to put a little heat out by your feet.

There is a lot of heat coming off the exhaust too. So that's probably the reason the lines were always metal. :)

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During the winter I only use the rear heater to warm the cabin. That thing puts out a lot more heat than you would expect.
 
Bad Luck said:
During the winter I only use the rear heater to warm the cabin. That thing puts out a lot more heat than you would expect.
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I use mine to heat my seat.. plus the daughter likes it. Granted you are correct on all the bigger it is. I can do quite well. I just leave it on all the time in the winter.


Once it really starts getting cold it makes a great front seat warmer.

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The rear heater in mine is mostly used by my buddies to annoy me. If it isn't below freezing, it really isn't needed. Not going to eliminated it while it is still working though!

-Charlie
 
phattyduck said:
The rear heater in mine is mostly used by my buddies to annoy me. If it isn't below freezing, it really isn't needed. Not going to eliminated it while it is still working though!



-Charlie
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Put a manual shut off valve under the hood to shut the antifreeze off to it.
Always ways to fix the buddies silly tricks. :)

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