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I'm doing some maintanence on the EGR/Throttle body so I have that area disassembled. This is a 95 SE that I picked up last fall, with all original hoses it appears. There is good access to most of the hoses with the disassembly.

I'm wondering if this is a good time to replace some coolant hoses before one decides to go in January. Are there any radiator/heater or other coolant hoses that are relatively more failure prone in the V6, i.e., I can selectively replace them now? Would it be advisable to just replace them all?

This site is a fantastic resource.

Thanks MKoine

Since you have access to the hoses and they are 9 years old..I'd go ahead and replace hem all now. The hose manufactures suggest you change them when they are 5 years old..

I agree, if you do any, you should do them all.

Also, you will probably want one of these to make the job much faster and easier.

http://www.toolsource.com/ost/product.asp?sourceid=NO+SOURCE&dept%5Fid=500&pf%5Fid=92887&mscssid=8

Or, if you want the more expensive original, one of these.

http://www.toolsource.com/ost/product.asp?sourceid=NO+SOURCE&dept%5Fid=500&pf%5Fid=78077&mscssid=8