I was last saturday on a junkyard 'collecting' EGR valves, sensor and hoses. I was all over that engine bay.
Is the hose u are talking about TAPED together with (2) vaccum hoses (these two are EGR hoses) ???
If so, you are [censored] up.
Let me tell u a little story: right after I bought the contour i had a coolant leak. I went to a garage to fix that. As usual, I keep watching them working on my car like a hawk (that is a patented phrase, by the way). I still remember that the hose was taped together to other 2 smaller hoses. when the guy went to cut the tape he accidently sliced the air hose. Modafuka. Just to think that this could be the cause for my pinging that i've been having for years make me want to kill him. to make this thing shorter: Ford only sells the hoses assembly: heater hose and (2) vaccum hoses. the price is about $115. You could get that from a junkyard if that is the one u need.
Yesterday I actually had to cut this hose in 3 pieces so that I could cut the tape to get the ai hoses that i needed. It is a beeech to remove this heater hose: it comes from the bottom of the engine... u have to lift the car.
Anyway, just do that: check if you hose is taped around with two other smaller hoses.
I actually have a lot of pics of those hoses... but I had to remove from the server because of storage limits.
