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Old Nov 15, 2020 | 06:00 PM
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Would any grease work to slip a hose over a fitting. Would vacuum be affected? How about heating the rubber or what ever these hoses are made of to release them from 20 years of being attached to a metal fitting. Any secrets to success you might know?
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What hose and what fitting are you referring to?
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Throttle body !
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To take off very hard just cut them next time if they have slack or heat gun the hose! Now to squeeze on working out in 40 degree weather i will have to use caliper grease it is only on a emissions system

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