Has anyone run into these on the newer CDI engines? No obvious way to remove them, I tried pulling pretty hard on the hoses but no go. How do these hoses come apart?

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
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Probably just cut it and put a regular threaded clamp on

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2001 Ducati 748
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I think you are right, Mercedes wants you to buy the whole assembly instead of parts for it.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

My Chevy Astro Van also had a hose that you were supposed to buy the whole assembly. Not just a Mercedes thing.

One of the types of clamps for PEX residential water hoses are solid like that.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Yeah you just buy the whole part, only $165 lol.

Cut it and the perform RNE (Red Neck Engineering. That is what I do. But then I am a Red Neck.

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