I have a question re lines from radiator to coolant expansion tank & more:

There's about 115k miles on the chassis and it appears these lines have endured plenty of heat over the years from a supercharged engine. Mine recently had one of the lines sort of "break" off due to one of the little plastic connector outlets breaking off from the center. I did a temporary "patch" job as you can see in one of the pics, but I want to get this done in a manner that is permanent and as it should be.

Should I just replace these hoses with OEM parts from a dealer / order online? Or, do some of you replace these with some other kind of aftermarket hoses that will endure the heat better than OEM and use off the shelf parts to connect everything back together? If so, I would really appreciate any advice or pointing me in the right direction for help!!

By the way, mine is also showing the "Coolant Low Level" warning now, so I don't think it is actually low, but I'm planning to remedy the problem above first, and then see if I can get that level sensor unstuck / re-work it per threads here in the forum. If not, I guess it's either new Level Sensor or complete new expansion tank w/new sensor?

Thanks for any and all advice!

 

Now that I have a 4.2 I get confused about the older designs. Is the froward outlet real or is it a blank? I thought the newer tanks just had a connection to the thermostat housing but not the radiator. I think you have too many connections. Someone please comment.

I would use fuel hose or heater hose to connect broken lines unless you are trying to stay original for show purposes.

 

I just used a rubber hose. Works well.

John

 

I'm with John on this.
I replaced it with a rubber hose from Autozone.
Cheap, easy, and it works great.