Coolant hose broken 2015 cherokee sport

Thank you all your guys for suggestions and nice ideas. I was thinking the same as Gary did; purchase some rubber pipes from HomeDespot and wrap around the hose

After some more searches, I think this youtube video confirmed the hose is a heater hose connected to thermalstat:


Quite useful info; which was connected with horse shoe clamp. I think I can manage to install it.

Use Marks Link to find this one: Mopar Part No.: 68199254AB





$$$$$$$$Update: one more search find this cheaper one on Amazon for 16.99: $$$$$


since this is so cheap sub $20; decide to buy one instead of home depo wrap solution

Hope this would be useful for someone in the future with the same problem.

tonyjia9 said:

@rumrunner : you are right; the lower horse shoe connector is difficult to reach. Space is tight with a lot of interference to touch the connector

Decide to just order the part and have mechanics shop to install

I just tried to pull off the broken hose but only be successful to take off the top connector, not even with the press-in fitting

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Could they make it any tighter in there??!!!! LoL! 😂

Yes, for $20, replace with the original part.

Note, if the dealer can't get you in for a couple weeks...

From the photo it looks like that hose has several inches of slack in it. if so, what you could do in the interim is to cut the rubber hose (which you'll be replacing anyway) right at where the part of the plastic from the connector is broken off in there exposing clean hose. See #1 below.

Then using the slack in the hose, pull it up and connect it to the stub on #2. There looks like there's enough stub left to get a clamp around and you can see from the cross-section of that connector, it's nice and thick so shouldn't collapse if you tighten it well with a worm-gear hose clamp.

It's not ideal of course but heater hoses don't have a lot of pressure going through them. If you do this, also rough-up the surface of that stub end with some sandpaper so the clamp/hose can grip better.

Just a thought if an emerg.

tonyjia9 said:

LOL! I actually did try your idea @Gary Kline ; I pull the hose#1 to the clear plastic adapter but it is tight and could not snap on.
I may try later to cut off the metal clamp on hose #1 and see whether it would make it easier.

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LOL, we make it work! 🤣

Note:

(1) I would DEFINITELY take off the metal clamp, I wouldn't try to force it on. If you can get it on with the clamp still in place then it means the whole assembly is too loose and won't hold. Take the clamp off and use a wormgear hose clamp that you can tighten once the hose is on.

(2) I meant to try and secure the rubber hose to the broken end of the black 45-degree angle connector. I wouldn't try to get the hose directly onto the clear plastic part else the downward tension looks like it could snap the clear plastic part or at least that's what I'd be worried about just seeing it from the photo. You're seeing it 'live' so maybe there's not as much tension as I think there is.

(3) Regarding the rubber hose you either need to (a) remove the clamp and get the broken plastic out of the last couple inches of the hose or (b) cut it cleanly off. If you've got enough slack on the hose, I'd cut it. Even if you take the hose clamp off and get the plastic out of the hose, the hose is somewhat stretched. Since you don't have much to grip on if you re-use the angle connector, I'd have as new of an end of the rubber hose on there as I could again, scuffing up the stub end of the angle connector a bit as well so it holds fast.

Got job, sounds like you're on it!!!!