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Thanks for the comment about the airlock. I had not thought of that. I will check to confirm I am okay. Your explanation does make sense as to why they may have gone this route. Who knows if that's why but it could be the reason.

Coolant leak Hopefully these pictures look okay and apologies in advance for crude photo markups. In the tubing.jpg, 1 is the end of the tube that connected to the hose coming from the firewall and 2 is the end that connected to the engine heater hose. If you look carefully around 2...

Coolant leak I will take a look. If I couldn't get the cutter in there with it installed, I could probably remove it and then cut it. Only consideration I can think of then is I would have one extra joint/coupling in the line since the heater hose coming out of the engine has zero extra...

Coolant leak Thanks for the welcome and quick reply. I can't see anything wrong with my workaround but I also can't figure out why Ford went to the trouble of using the metal tubes when the heater hose seems like a good approach (and certainly less expensive). I won't use epoxy per your...

Coolant leak Unfortunately the leak is on the inside corner of a 90 degree elbow. Thanks for the suggestion though!

I have a 1999 Explorer 4.0 SOHC. It sprang a leak today in the tubing that connects the coolant hoses from the engine to the heater hoses at the firewall. For a better description, there is a metal bracket that mounts to the passenger side of the engine up near the manifold. Welded to the...