Dorman 626-610 Engine Heater Hose Assembly Compatible with Select Nissan Models (OE FIX)

This to me is a no brainer. The original (oem) is plastic. I was really worried I would brake it when removing the hose. Saw that the there was an aftermarket one that made out of aluminum, and not plastic. Click and bought it. That simple.

Exact fit and function and very easy to install.

The Nissan engineer that thought using oem plastic fittings on the heater core inlet and outlet was a good idea should have to spend the rest of their lives in a repair shop installing these for anyone who has experienced a broken , cracked and heat degraded cooling system failure . There is no warning when these 2 parts fail and there is a good chance a roadside bush fix to get home will not last the trip home unless your really close to home. I am not a big fan of parts that are not oem but in this case it was the right thing to fix this problem .... Dorman got this fix right .... metal is the way to go on both the inlet and outlet side of the heater core. The 2 most common things I read were both right regarding the new parts ... the tension ring with the blue keeper thinger is in fact useless .... throw it in the trash right up front and use the old one .... the second thing is .... no matter how good or careful you are the chances of braking the outlet side while fixing the inlet side are really high .... IT IS THAT BRITTLE .... save a few days waiting for extra parts like I did NOT ....... and order both at the same time ! The funny thing here is this really does not help anyone very much because if your reading this you likely already know yours is broken and more than most likely just either ordered it or going to order it .... IT WORKS ... JUST ORDER BOTH FROM THE START !

Does what's its designed to do.

If you're looking at this part you know the problem you're trying to fix on your Nissan. Quality is excellent. I purchase some band clamp pliers to make my install much easier. Removing the airlock on my cab heating system on my Xterra was not that hard. Find a very, very steep hill, park with radiator up hill, put it in neutral and rev it up a few times. Drive it around a few miles add a little more antifreeze, when engine is cooled off. Repeat the park on steep hill trick and your done. Be sure to put your cab heating system on defrost while you're trying to remove airlock.

My stock heater core inlet connector on my 2005 Xterra was a ticking time bomb just waiting to happen. Replace yours before you end up stranded or overheat/cook your engine. When removing my factory one it crumbled to pieces so very glad I replaced it now. This Dorman inlet is great with one moderate exception: the hose clamp which attaches at the heater core isn’t strong enough in my opinion. Keep your factory one and re-use that instead - it will hold a bit tighter and gives a bit more peace of mind. Otherwise this is a great piece of hardware which should outlive your vehicle.

Works great and very easy to install on my 2012 Nissan Xterra

I had to replace the much much longer outlet hose with aluminum. The nipple broke on that one while twisting the hose. Argh! Nissan why are you using plastic parts. Anyway I decided to replace this one while I was at it; even though the original still worked.

القطعة ممتازة وقوية مصنوعة من الألمنيوم وبديلة للقطعة الأصلية المصنوعة من البلاستك.

This is to repalce plastic made OEM. Good choice to have more relible part than the original one which made from plastic.

Acheté pour remplacer préventivement sur mon Nissan Frontier 2016 à moteur V6. Fait ce que ça doit faire et plus solide que la pièce d'origine. Je l'ai trouvée sur un autre site de pièce d'autos pour moins cher mais il était trop tard. Je recommande de faire cette modifications avant que la pièce d'origine ne rende l'âme.

Bueno funciona muy bien

If you are still running the stock plastic fittings, don't wait - just replace it. It is so much easier to replace these fittings when they are intact. They can and will fail without warning. Dorman's aluminum fittings will give you peace of mind. My only complaint is that I wouldn't use the included pre-loaded hose clamp with the blue plastic trigger clip. It didn't seem to offer a good amount of clamping force. Following the advice of other users, I used a regular worm-gear hose clamp instead. I've had both the inlet and outlet aluminum fittings installed for several months now without any problems.