I have a 2003 Accord with about 90,000 miles on it. The hoses were never replaced and I figured I might as well change them before I have any problems. I have started to do a bunch of work myself and I feel pretty cofortable in changing them.

I was just wondering if I should also change the hoses to and from the heater core or should I just stick with changing the upper and lower radiator hoses?
Also is there anything in particular I should watch out for when changing the hoses (common problems that people run into etc...)

Thanks

 

Do some research on how to bleed the cooling system after you are done. Air causes problems. If you are going for it I would change them all. You can feel them is thy are as soft as play-do replace them.

 

squeeze on the heater hoses and see if they're very hard. if u have to use a lot of force to squeeze it, then u are better off changing it.

if its just hard, like u can't squeeze it by pushing ur finger in it, then its fine.

and get the nice quality ones, like Goodyear or something expensive from autozone, (if u can, get em from Honda) dont buy cheap shit. it'll go bad fast.