I checked the 3G garage and also searched Acurazine for the answer without success. I'm at 95K miles with my 06 TL. The radiator hoses look fine but since I'm having the 105K service done soon at Hamilton Honda, I was wondering if anyone has changed (or felt a need to change) the radiator hoses since the coolant will be drained for the service. I am planning to get the thermostat changed while the Honda tech is working on the car. I don't want to replace them if they're generally good for quite a while longer but was just looking for some opinions.

Thanks.

 

Thread can be closed- the hoses are cheap to replace so it'll get done at the time of the 105K kit.


Thanks

 

yeah you can replace them if you want, the ones on my 94 accord are 21 years old.....and still working just fine

 

non-moving part. I wouldn't replace it unless leaking.

 

Non moving but the rubber can still age and break.

I've been debating replacing mine soon. They look perfect and it's amazing that Accord went 21 years, it makes me worry less about mine. I wonder if they make silicone hoses for these cars, those would be worth gettting and would be considered a lifetime part.

 

I found these. Luckily they're offered in black. Looks like they make them for all TLs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OBX-Reinforc...-/310828779558

 

I have a 93 300ZX as a car at the vacation town home. As it was 20+ years old, it needed a new timing belt kit done and new injectors (some of the existing ones were corroded). I had all new silicone hoses put in (main radiator hoses, heater hoses, bypass hoses, PCV hoses...everything), and they are considered to be 'forever' hoses (if you know anything about the Z's, they are very tight to work in, so if the plenum is pulled, you have a golden opportunity to change out all the hoses, otherwise, it's near impossible to do it all). I wish I saw the OBX hoses in the link- I bought mine from a local dealership this afternoon. I paid a little more ($61 with the tax), and they go for $31 + $17 shipping (to my zip) from OEMAcuraparts.com (so I paid $13 more for them getting them from the local dealership). I'd like the silicone type, but I don't know if Honda would install them. I want it all done at the same time since the car will be drained of coolant at the timing belt change. The TL's hoses look fine, but you're right in that just the look of it may not be enough to determine if they're in decent shape or not.

 

The TL is a relative piece of cake to work on compared to this:



You can see the blue silicone hoses scattered around the engine bay- as I said, I only had one opportunity for this.