Hey PampersZ, my damn Pilot
 

So, since Pampered makes fun of the broken coolant line in my wife's Pilot every time we eat chicken fried steak, I thought I'd post this.

I decided to take one more look before I hand $600+ over to the dealer to fix the coolant line.

Damage - I cut this section of the pipe out. Not like I could make it worse.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5...165aoo6.th.jpg

It's a hair bigger than 5/8" line, so I tried to see if I could flare it.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5...170amu8.th.jpg

I could, but you can see how it was squished a bit in the clamp:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5...171att5.th.jpg

I thought if I could flare it, I could put a nut on it and heater hose adapters (and I'm assuming I can get such an adapter). But my flare tool sucks, so I'd never be able to do it with the lines in the car. I was looking at hydraulic flare tools, but none seem to go to 5/8" (yes, I figured I'd rather spend $300 on a cool new tool I'd rarely use than give $$ to Honda). If they were easy to take out, I'd just fix it right. :)

So, I am making an appt with Honda this week barring someone here having some great answer.

Ahem...

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2008 Saturn Outlook
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:roll: Doesn't that Saturn use the Honda 3.5?

ahem..

I wasn't making fun of you, just asking if you figured it out.

NOW I'M MAKING FUN OF YOU!

Sure, had all summer and now that it's 20 degrees out your gonna fix your wife's heater! Nice guy!

Do you have a good plumbing supply store near you? They may have 5/8" flare tools, or maybe compression fittings...

You're just looking for excuses to not work on the Camaro. :nod:

I thought about compression fittings. I might give that a whirl tonight. I'll wander down to the big orange store.

For your information, I was out scraping undercoating off the 77's fuel tank last night.

Go fix your rear.

This rear? :moon:

OK,,

Here, I'll save you $530.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...wflag-1#review

:kneeslap:

You're the best!:nod: