1993 Upper Radiator Hose

[newjeep]

Just purchased a 1993 XJ 4.0 AW-4, The upper radiator hose is routed over the a/c compressor and then in between the battery on its way to the radiator. It kinda scares me with all of the potential places it could/and has rubbed ( I have cut up an old hose and protected the hose). I have looked a numerous pictures on the net showing the upper hose going under the rear of the compressor, over the back of the compressor, over the front( shorter hose I presume) of the compressor. Anybody with any experience on the best way to route the upper hose??? Also, when I go to purchase a new hose is there a certain brand that is right/wrong regarding the routing. Does your hose touch your battery?? Thanks

[Atl XJ]

On my '95 it comes out of the top of the radiator and goes over the corner of the battery and kind of lays on top of the A/C compressor as it passed by. Granted, mine might be different since my 95 is R134. Anyway, it has a removeable hard plastic cover that fits over the upper radiator hose and protects it from getting a hole in it from rubbing on the compressor. Maybe someone took yours off over the years. When I replaced my upper radiator hose I took that cover off the old one and put it on the new one.

Edit: I replaced my upper radiator hose with a dealer one but now that I think about it I can't remember if I had to take the plastic protector off the old one or if it came with a new one. It might have been the lower radiator hose that I had to do that. Its been a while sorry. I really don't see another way for it to be run without interfering with other stuff. Maybe they got aftermarket hoses that were longer or something. :confused:

[heeperman]

Just swapped out my rad/hoses etc...on my 95 4.0 aw4 242, got eomr hoses the top one did have the corrogated plastic guard on it (what a pain to get on though!!)

[newjeep]

Did the hose touch the battery??

[sgtpeeper]

I recently replaced the hoses on my 97. The upper hose touched the battery, so I sliced a length of corrugated plastic off the old hose and put it where it was touching. Problem solved. BTW, the new hose came with new corrugated plastic.