Top Radiator Hose - Plastic clip removal?

[tomp]

Any idea how to remove the top radiator hoses' plastic clips? Thanks

[tower]

Photo, please.

[tomp]

Surely you dont need a pic of this.....

It's the two large plastic clips that hold the top radiator hose tightly against the top of the upper fan shroud

[tower]

As you wish, I guess it will keep until the next time I'm under the hood. I was just trying to expedite for you.

[tomp]

Anyone?

[Dug]

Tomp , it is hard to tell you. But you need a tiny screw driver to compress the little tab from the top end of the clamp . The area you compress is inside the bottom end of clamp . When you compress the tab it will unhook itself from the bottom half of tab. Hope this helps. doug

[Dug]

Let me try to make it more straight forward. Ultimately the top half of clamp pulls out of the bottom half of clamp when the tab thingy is compressed.

[mikejr]

what Dug said.....or a sawzall....

[IRA51]

buy a new one ,50% of the time they can be reused . I just clip them off and change the hose and install a new one ,faster and less frustrateing .

[tower]

Sounds like a wire tie. Guess I'll need to look.

[tomp]

Thx Dug, worked like a champ!