2000 taurus wiper fluid hose

I just bought a 2000 Taurus and discovered the hose for the wiper fluid has rotted. I have new hose but think it might be beyond me to replace it. There is some sort of cloth under the hood and I'm afraid I will damage the cloth if I try to take the corner off. I also can't quite figure out where to start the hose from the other end. Any hints on whether I should attempt to do this myself or bite the bullet and pay someone to do it?

Is it possible to connect the new hose to the old hose and pull it through? 3M high temp spray adhesive can be used to put back the hood insulation if it necessary to remove part of it.

I would use black tape to connect the two hoses together. Just line up the ends and tape (if possible extend the tape two to three inches on each side of the joint), you don't want the joint to be too big in diameter, you don't want it to hang up. Gently pull the old hose out while pushing the new hose in. If you need clamps (I doubt you will need them), use the smallest wire ties available. They work the best on small diameter, low pressure hoses.

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Aileen []
01-01-2005, 07:07 AM hoses
Thanks for your message, I asked about clamps at the Autozone and he was pretty lax in his reply that the hose would just fit over the valves. Do you think I can just clamp the new hose to the old hose? The pieces that didn't break seem ok



After rereading your message, I think I may have misunderstood you. There are splicers available at autozone to connect two pieces of hose together. They are commonly used for vacuum lines. They look like a small piece of plastic pipe with barbed ends (about 1 to 1 1/2 inches long).

You're awesome, thanks so much for your help, my windshield washer fluid now sprays!!!!
Aileen

Please share with others on this board your solution.

I got some generic splicers from auto zone and some vacuum hose (wrong size) so I thought I would work on it in the parking lot rather than driving home and having to make another trip back. A young man made the mistake of asking if everything was going ok (this was right after the hose had slipped up under the cloth lining of the hood. He helped get the hose back out, figure which splitter to use and fit the original hose into the new piece. I think I will still tape around the pieces of hose that we fitted together but it works. I have never had something like this happen so don't know what the reason is that this hose would deteriorate so badly on a 5 year old car.
Thanks again for your help, I have a feeling I'll be back ;)

I'm glad its working now, but don't use tape on the splice. If you are concerned about it coming apart or leaking, use wire ties for clamps. The tape will not stop it from leaking or keep it together over the long term.

1997 Taurus had same prob.
Got hose from auto zone and just replaced the rotted line.
The hood insulation is just held up with clips, pop out pop back in.