Help with blown heater hose S2

[Oppression]

Help with blown heater hose S2

G'day,

I have a blown heater hose on my S2 rs4s. It's holed where the hose meets the hose tail at the back of the block on the intake side, I think it is the return from the heater core? Looking at it I assume I have to pull the intake manifold to replace it. Is there any way I can bodge it up to keep it on the road till the Xmas holidays, assuming just blocking the line to the heater core would be pointless as the return will leak regardless in a pressurised system? Also is there a decent guide on intake manifold remove/replace I can only seem to find guides on aftermarket plenum installs, can't take enough time off atm to mess around with it.

Thanks

[KiwiRS4T]

If you can remove the other hose and join the two that will bypass the heater core. If the hoses can't be made to join you will have to get another piece of heater hose and a couple of straight pieces of pipe with which to join them plus a bunch of hose clips.

[Oppression]

The issue is not being able to access the hose tail to replace the hose without removing the intake manifold. Nothing wrong with the heater core etc

[Duncan]

well it can be done from below, easiest on a hoist and with the starter motor out. japanese sized hands would help. prepare for skinned knuckles....