I'm planning to do my waterpump soon, and re-using the hose clips is a bit concerning. Is it safe to re-use the clips? mine are still stock clips over 6 years old. How do you know if the clip has securely fastened the hose? In the past i once re-used a clip and pulling on the hose with medium force cause the hose the come off so got me concerned as to how secure re-using the clip is.

Is there a technique or anything to it? when using a plier to press it back, should i retain it in the grooves just like the way the clips are shipped?

 

Should be no problem. Check that your hose + output to hose is clean. Also if they are the right hose clips... like the one with the screw driver fastener at the end - then they are definitely reusable

 

On Autoweek over the weekend, their fixit guy, Pat Goss, said to ALWAYS reuse the factory hose clamps. His logic was that the worm gear type put a lot of pressure on one spot on today's plastic radiator pipes and would eventually crack the plastic. This would lead to the hose popping off and complete loss of coolant.

 

Are we talking about hose clamps here, or something else? I re-use OEM hose clamps over new aftermarket ones all of the time; they're normally designed better and the hose clamp indention is already there from that OE clamp anyways.

 

I put a new radiator in my sisters accord and used new worm clamps and they all leaked even after tightening so I ended up switching it to the old clips and no problem. So I'm assuming the OEM clips are better than aftermarket if you can I'd reuse them.

 

^Anything is better than worm clamps. LOL!

 

Hahaha! Learned my lesson after that!

 

Where can i get said worm clamps at.....So JDM yo!