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Air Intake - Duct Assembly rubber hoses replacement
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:12 am
by alecsey
Hello,
Did anyone have to replace rubber hoses on Pathfinder 2006 that connect air duct to throttle body on the left and to air filter box on the right? Mine are all cracked and broken. Nissan does not sell rubber hoses separately, but wants me to buy air duct assembly with the hoses part 16576EA200. I was wondering if it possible to buy aftermarket the hoses.
Thank you in advance...
Re: Air Intake - Duct Assembly rubber hoses replacement
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:16 am
by eieio
alecsey wrote:Hello,
Did anyone have to replace rubber hoses on Pathfinder 2006 that connect air duct to throttle body on the left and to air filter box on the right? Mine are all cracked and broken. Nissan does not sell rubber hoses separately, but wants me to buy air duct assembly with the hoses part 16576EA200. I was wondering if it possible to buy aftermarket the hoses.
Thank you in advance...
I'd be surprised if they are available aftermarket, as they are probably not in high demand.
How much is the new assembly from the dealer?
Re: Air Intake - Duct Assembly rubber hoses replacement
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:21 am
by alecsey
eieio wrote:
I'd be surprised if they are available aftermarket, as they are probably not in high demand.
How much is the new assembly from the dealer?
Dealer wants $60 for the new assembly. It can be found on ebay for $47. I am wondering there must be a good reason Nissan wants me to replace perfectly good plastic air duct while I only need to replace cracked rubber hoses. Unless this good reason is their utter greed.
I think for now I am just going to use silicone elastic wrap around tape like e-z fuse tape ($5 at home depot).
Re: Air Intake - Duct Assembly rubber hoses replacement
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:25 am
by eieio
alecsey wrote:eieio wrote:alecsey wrote:Hello,
Did anyone have to replace rubber hoses on Pathfinder 2006 that connect air duct to throttle body on the left and to air filter box on the right? Mine are all cracked and broken. Nissan does not sell rubber hoses separately, but wants me to buy air duct assembly with the hoses part 16576EA200. I was wondering if it possible to buy aftermarket the hoses.
Thank you in advance...
I'd be surprised if they are available aftermarket, as they are probably not in high demand.
How much is the new assembly from the dealer?
Dealer wants $60 for the new assembly. It can be found on ebay for $47.
at least the price is not horrendous
wonder why yours deteriorated
mine (both 2005s) are still flexible & pliable
Re: Air Intake - Duct Assembly rubber hoses replacement
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:31 am
by alecsey
eieio wrote:
at least the price is not horrendous
wonder why yours deteriorated
mine (both 2005s) are still flexible & pliable
IDK why they deteriorated. Maybe my engine is vibrating more than it should? I think mechanics mentioned something about bad engine mounts awhile ago.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:42 am
by smj999smj
Nissan sells a lot of parts as an "assembly." It is part of their "modular" concept that started with the 2002 Altima. It cuts down the number of individual parts they need to stock. $60 doesn't sound all that bad considering you are getting 13 individual parts combined in the assembly. 1stAAANissanParts.com sells it for $42.52+shipping.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:33 pm
by alecsey
smj999smj wrote:Nissan sells a lot of parts as an "assembly." It is part of their "modular" concept that started with the 2002 Altima. It cuts down the number of individual parts they need to stock. $60 doesn't sound all that bad considering you are getting 13 individual parts combined in the assembly. 1stAAANissanParts.com sells it for $42.52+shipping.
Thanks , smj999smj for the info!!!
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:31 am
by daytona675
Be thankful for that. On my wife's 05 Mazda 6 V6, that rubber tube from the air filter box to the throttle body is over $100! Have you looked at low mileage salvage yard units?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:40 pm
by khavel
Thank you for this post! I'm wondering the same thing. Both of mine have splits and cracks too. 2005 with just over 100K.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:13 am
by alecsey
khavel wrote:Thank you for this post! I'm wondering the same thing. Both of mine have splits and cracks too. 2005 with just over 100K.
Hey,
Here's what I did. I went to home depot and bought a silicone tape. Wrapped it around old cracked rubber hoses and it works like a charm!!! $5 for tape and that's it!
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Super-Glue-1 ... /204237144
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:15 am
by FLiPMaRC
Instead of silicone tape, why not just go buy new silicone hoses? They're available in any auto parts store.
Or find them onine:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/eBay-Motors-/60 ... ose&_frs=1
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:44 pm
by smj999smj
Silicone hoses are too small, for starters.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:31 am
by FLiPMaRC
smj999smj wrote:
Silicone hoses are too small, for starters.
How big are those hoses? You can get the silicone hose up to 25mm which is about 1inch.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:15 pm
by eieio
FLiPMaRC wrote:smj999smj wrote:
Silicone hoses are too small, for starters.
How big are those hoses? You can get the silicone hose up to 25mm which is about 1inch.
FLiPMaRC, I think the hoses in question are the 4"-5" diameter connectors
on each end of the plastic duct that is between the radiator and the plastic engine cover
http://www.quirkparts.com/oe-nissan/16576ea200
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:25 am
by FLiPMaRC
Oh ... alecsey stated "rubber hoses" so I assumed otherwise.
