I was trying to get a bolt at the back of the engine when my arm hit the hose on the heater core and broke the connection. Is this replaceable WITHOUT replacing the heater core?

 

Depends on where you broke it off....

 

dorman help section of part store

 

qd requires a special tool iirc

 

i ended up breaking mine off the rest of the way and put heater hose on them with hose clamps..
plastic was really brittle.

 

That's where I'm thinking of headin.

 

I did the same thing and burned the sh*t out of my arm. They were very brittle and broke easily. I went ahead and replaced them because the hose would have been stretched a bit tight without them. You can just cut the broken part off without the tool. They're like 5 bucks each.

 

x2.

I was like " WTF" when i bumped and broke mine also.