Indy Benz you have a lot of work to do before that hose problem becomes an issue. But to make it easy, remove the hose nipple complete with the threaded part from the back of the 240D head (yes it is all one piece). Do that before you pull the engine because it takes a good pull with a big wrench, maybe 24mm, and it is tied down and easy to do from that position. On the 617 engined cars that use that heater system, the threaded fitting then goes into threaded hole of the #2 cylinder on the IP side of the head. Some of the holes have sensors in them, (all the cylinders have a threaded hole into their corresponding section of the head - the factory uses that hole do get the sand out after casting the head). Sorry, but I can't find the part number for the hose right now, but if you have good eyes you can probably read it from the tape on the hose on my car which has the factory part number on it.

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