Heater hose Parked under almond tree. Shock: Had to remove almond shells from on top of engine block. Now, it stinks. Pretty sure a rat is dead inside heater hose. I'm a Susie home-maker, don't know my way under hood. Where do I find the heater hose the thing is dead in, and how do I access it?

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Hiya
The factory install block heater wire harness around the air filter unit area (IF it's equipped with this block heater feature)
IF it's the wire you're searching for to plug it into the electric outlet, here's how to...
Pop open the hood as you stand in front to raise the hood, look for the black square-shaped air filter unit at the left-front side just behind the passenger side headlight area.
There's a black plastic clamp that holds the block heater wire harness onto the air filter's bolt bracket by the front strut tower area (bolt is north of the air filter unit)
That's the route for this block heater wire harness to go around the left side of the air filter unit.
In case you do locate the block heater wire harness there, follow the wire harness route until you find the plug socket.
Perhaps it's underneath the air filter unit or tucked somewhere behind the headlight frame area.

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Unfortunatly the short answer is no you cant, Gm and others started making heater cores and radiators out of plastic. The result has been that after the plastic gets hot and cools a few hundred times it gets brittle, hence your problem. Unless you are very good mechanically I would advise letting a pro do it for you.

Dennis Mulford

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• Posted on Apr 11, 2009

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its under the dash,in the center
go too auto zone and get a manual on it or even a free print out its a fairly long process

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Is this tbi? I'll have to look it up but it should be set at zero degrees with the timing connector unplugged, I think. The timing connector is under the plastic relay cover on the passenger side firewall. It is a single wire plug that the wire is tan with a black tracer. With this unplugged you set the timing mark to the large gap on the timing tab.

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If it's stuck on there that tightly, chances are the hose is dried out. On ones like that, just cut it off as near to the top of the nipple as you can and then remove what's left. You should have enough slack in the hose to just put it back on when you've finished whatever you are doing.