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Originally Posted by matchek1
Thank you!!
>I was able to get a hose on there without taking the water pump off.
>What I did is I went down to Autozone and bought a hose and cut it 1/2
>the length as the hose from the dealer.
>I then sprayed the hose with liquid grease(from Gunk). To my surprise, it fit
>on with not too much difficulty. As because the length was shorter than
>normal, I used 3 clamps instead of 2.
>So far so good.
>I still have the new-stock hose from Mercedes and plan on replacing if
>and when the water pump eventually goes. I can't remember when I
>replaced that pump last so it must be awhile. To my surprise the
>Mercedes hose is quite thinner than the ones from Autozone. My hunch
>tells me that the ones at Autozone will last even longer if thickness =
>durability.
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Is the hose from Autozone of two different diameter at each end? I was down this road recently and bought a hose from the dealer. The two ends has different diameter; one is larger than the other. I backed out of pulling the pump at the last minute so I still have the hose sitting in the closet somewhere.
So if the hose is the same diameter I wonder how you resolve the fact that the pipe from the engine block is different diameter than the pipe from the pump.
But I am glad you did it though, if I have to replace that hose I will attempt your method prior to pulling the pump.