How to Disconnect Common Quick Connect Fittings

[@generatorblue]

This is the best video that I have seen on "quick connect fittings" Do not hesitate to post another video on these connectors. You have already mentioned the title to the new video as "QUICK CONNECT HARD DISCONNECT." This is the kind of video that is better in slow motion. I would suggest doing it in sunlight. Your lighting is good but sunlight is better. If you have a local junk yard that would let you harvest these connectors before they crush the cars, it will pay to try getting all the different types of fittings. Maybe they sell quick connect kits (plastic or metal) or maybe not. Either way, I strongly believe that you could have another channel completely dedicated to quick connect. I just bought an EVAP replacement line for a 2009 Chevy Cobalt. I am assuming that the aftermarket line will have a quick connect fitting that mechanically will connect perfectly but will disconnect differently from the factory fitting. In other words, I already tried to remove the fitting but could not. This explains why I have been watching quick-connect videos before my EVAP line is delivered. I am hoping that the fitting at the charcoal canister is similar to the first one that you showed on this video. Pulling (instead of pushing) the colored plastic tab did not work for me. In the cobalt, the color is green. Most videos about "quick connect fittings only deal with one type of fitting or are produced by manufacturers of a few fittings (not all used in automobiles). Your video featured more fittings and you stated clearly that you want to explore more quick-connect fittings. I think that you are on your way to become the go to channel for learning how any given quick connect fitting operates. Watching this video makes me want to watch more of your videos. I just subscribed and will be back soon. For now, I want to make sure that I do not do any damage to the charcoal canister in my attempt to disconnect. Thank you for telling us about the difficulties. ( Quick connect, Hard disconnect ) does sound like "Hard come, Easy go" that I have been saying since I modified the popular expression 30 years ago. You are helping people save time and money. Thank you!

[@jessedavis1515]

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[@bretth1714]

THANK YOU! I was getting frustrated with a connection on an EVAP purge valve of the type at 3:00. Guaranteed I would have broken it had i not found this simple explanation and discovered how EASY these are when you understand them. Greatly appreciated!

[@pulsarpilot7501]

Your comment about dirt getting inside the fuel line connector saved me hours of work. Hit it with a little carb cleaner wiggled the blue removal tool and the fitting popped right off.

[@DaveyBoyPage]

I struggled to find the fitting I was looking for. It is the quick release, and its being a pain. Your video has helped massively and probably saved me some cash £. Thanks mate

[@randyb3347]

Thanks! You're video saved me. But they named the little devices completely wrong because there ain't nuttin' quick about these quick connects fittings. They're a total pain in the ass and take forever to get off. And you're lucky to get them off in one piece.

[@dancassidy7471]

yea that blue one on a 2015 Forester you may have saved my torture❤❤

[@GabrielKish]

Thanks man. I has the outlet line off and couldn't get the inlet fuel line off. Then it started to rain. Found your video and realized where I was supposed to press on the damn clamp thing. Got the old filter off and new one on. Thanks again!

[@bobv8219]

Bro this is a fine description, all of the explanation and detailed filming is so useful. I can’t thank you enough,. ☮️man.

[@edwarddominguez747]

Thank you for sharing. save me a lot of time and headache. could not get the EVAP Air Lines to come off. with this video it helped me immensely thank you so much. E

[@mikerichards2371]

Thanks for your time posting this .. that last one was the one I needed ! Made it so I could finish the job instead of putting it all back together and taking it to shop.

[@Raceb8420]

Cursing the clips on my 07 Denali 6.2 heater core coolant line. I get the concept, have all the tools, but am still failing, Two hours on a hot afternoon. About to just break the dang thing since I am replacing it anyways. Update: One hour and a couple snips from diagonal cutters, and she's apart, replaced and reassembled. Thank you for letting me vent!!

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

Lol, no problem I get it. F those f-ing f-ers🤣

[@ThePeopleVerse]

I have an idea for a video for you to do. I have broken more electrical connections than I can count. There is always some little lock pin or squeeze/ pinch/pull out or...whatever, that I just don't or can't see and brute force wins the day and a shoddy repair ensues. Some tips and examples would be so helpful to me and I am sure many others that deal with these things. Good videos. Thanks.

[@CR7659]

The oil cooler and trans line clips, I changed both on one van including installing a set of used trans lines using just a small screwdriver as a pick to pop out that clip. Also worth noting that I found with those clips on GM vehicles, if the line rusts they just will not come out of the female side. They swell up and hang up in there. The good news is the female side of the connector just unscrews out. The bad news is you may have to hit a junkyard to find the connectors and not pay a ransom for them. I ended up with extras, I can't remember if they even charged for them at all. When I took my used lines off in the yard I did have to have them lift the van so I could move the stack of rims under it to get the right angle on the clip. What I find amusing is it's basically the same design wire clip used to hold window crank handles on going back to the 30s on GM and some other makes.

[@rodx5571]

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT, THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!! I am 49 seconds into the vid at this point. I have tried to explain that a "quick connect" and a "quick disconnect" are 2 COMPLETELY different animals for years now. Any comments following are after i watched the vid. I predict you will have my approval, just based upon the opening statement. I would offer you one suggestion, blow out, spray with PB blaster, blow out, spray again. It releases with much less difficulty. On the GM style transmission Cooler line with the wire clips, on GM lines they ALWAYS have the nylon buttons that engage the outer edge of the clips preventing blow off. EVERY application of the 3/8 uses them. if they arent there, get some, they are cheap and in the "help" section of the major auto parts chain stores. The clips alone inherently fail. I used to work in a transmission shop in the 4L60 and 4L80 heyday in the mid 2000's to the 10's. I saw so many cooler lines blow off due to people not putting the retainer buttons back in place. They will blow off of the trans, and they will blow off the radiators too.

[@GregZO6]

Excellent work, thanks very much! Really helped me rebuild the Evac hose on my 2001 ZO6. All the best and Happy Holidays!

[@myxipitlik2]

Thank you for making this video, excellent explanation and very informative.

[@LifeisGood762]

Man! I've been watching classic car videos but started working on a 2004 ford focus i got for free. It's a travesty what's become of cars! We went from simple hose clamps anyone can use to this cheap plastic garbage with infinite proprietary styles and needing cheap plastic tools to use.

[@timguy161]

Useful video. Thanks. On my 2007 Saturn Vue''s canister, there are two 5/8" quick connectors that are difficult to disconnect. One connects the hose to the gas tank, the other venting to the atmosphere. They got two tabs on opposite sides. Not sure whether the removal tool will work for this. The first purge line connector is explained by you in the video. Not hard to disconnect.

[@martyjoseph9507]

Great views and helpful. Though I knew what I was working with for the clip at 4:12, the fuel filter had 1,000 pounds of rust on it from I'm guessing 1998, so I wasted 5 hours to no avail.

[@entrim]

Good video. I couldn't figure out this so called quick connect

[@sammyspaniel6054]

I have one on my fuel pump that his a two part plastic piece. It has a wide and small tooth that move independently of each other.

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

Be sure to leave me comments on fittings you would like covered I already added one and its tool in the description. This was only a small handful of what's out there. If there is enough request for fittings I will make another video to cover them.

[@randyeastman4500]

so how do you remove the check valve from the fuel line?

[@southernberean8166]

Finnsly someone that knows what to teach

[@phillipburton4229]

The wire clip you didn't tell the people about the plastic ring that slips over that style fitting to keep that clip seated I've seen those lines blow off without them but still a good presentation remember nobody knows it all keep on learning

[@halosenpekka1090]

Mintly mint! @ 1:36 was the info I needed on my Peugeot 308 HDI fuel line. Other connectors were just "pincher" locked ones, but ofc, Peugeot made one different than others. No apparent reason tho. But still.

[@nickaxe771]

Very good video. I have one on my triumph motorcycle....were the fuel line from the tank fits a plastic pipe.....has t plastic tabs that your suppose to push in with special pliers.....I have the tool.....but the connector still dont want to let go. Scares me that I will break the plastic pipe the connector fits onto.

[@chuckram2188]

I have broken more of those damn things than I care to count, Thanks

[@Ka_Gg]

Thanks! Needed to know the one at 3:50. I was doing it right the whole time, but I think mine is just stuck. Thanks!

[@paulacabbo466]

I've seen some gm ones with two white tabs sticking just past the connector i believe you have to push those tabs in towards the line then pull back on the line, then theres another one with triangle shape tab that pull up or you can just wiggle the whole lock out, you have to go easy with those or they will break into two pieces

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

There are so many different quick connect fittings it's crazy. I might have covered half of the common ones at best here lol

[@randallsnell5767]

Thanks. Replacing a fuel pressure regulator.

[@cpfielder5866]

Thanks So Much ; Now I Know Why I Can't Get Fuel Connector's To Release On 1998 Mercury Marquis Fuel Pump ; I'am Gonna Spray Those FIttings With Brake Cleaner To Get Any & All Debris Buildup Out .

[@byronrichards3001]

Thanks alot for the info, this vid was very helpful

[@mdj641]

Excellent sir. Thank you.

[@everardjohnson1359]

Excellent video

[@johneric3886]

Nice work good communication skills.

[@adamcrownvictoriacarrepair7105]

Good vid for learning.

[@robert1408]

Do you possibly have a method of removing the clean side crank case vent tube on a 2024 Ford Maverick 2.0 ecoboost? Its a supposidly a throw away and known as the dreaded orange fitting.

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

Nah don't have one to show, sorry.

[@buzzyinurface]

Thanks for the knowledge!

[@JanoyCresva]

Not sure if you're still doing this channel but i was replacing my fuel pump on my 04 dodge durango. I had a hell of a time popping off the quick connect that hooks up to the fuel pump. Ended up snapping half of the plastic male piece off INSIDE the connector. I squeezed on it every which way and even removed the clip thingy and still had to pry it off. A youtuber did it that way and said he just replaced the clip. im having a tough time locating one. Any ideas on how to get the plastic out of the connector? Or if i can just replace it with another one?

[@daveshanton485]

Very clear explanation!!! Thank u!

[@pauldubois5793]

I have a f150 2005. Changing the fuel filter and there is supposed to be a little blue tab to pull up so I can get my release tool in but it is broken. Any way to still be able to get it off without replacing fuel line. Thanks, love the video Paul

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

Send me a picture on my website crazedperformancerepair.com or my Facebook page and I'll see if I have any clues for you

[@ronbonick4265]

Thanks Great info , I have a 2003 chevy astro van I need to remove the tank( lines) not sure what kind they are , so Im going to Horrible freight and by a set of each.. question - do they make any lines that you can unhook by hand( like on my van ( they look like I can just push the coupler together and remove the line ( but im bad a breaking plastic stuff and didnt want to force it. and I dont know how far I can lower the tank without damaging the plastic lines feeding the pump etc. any tips would be great! appreciate ya..

[@slowpoke4557]

Horseshoe quick connect type for a fuel line to filter. Looked almost like the one at 6:28 but not quite. Mine broke and I'm getting frustrated

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

There are so many different types of that style. A lot of times you can simply run an appropriately sized zip tie through and around it.

[@chiefordnance]

What about the newer FORD orange 🍊 emission/pcv fittings, very similar to your 2nd fitting but no external release mechanism.

[@jared4423]

I'd love to know about this too. I cannot figure out how to get the vent tubing off from a '22 F150 to install the tube insert that comes with many CAI units for the Ecoboost engine. Thanks for any help.

[@kn8294]

I am having trouble trying to undo a pinch type connector on my fuel pump assembly. One of the pinch ears doesnt seem to be doing anything. Any ideas?

[@j.t.3627]

Does the color one's work on power steering quick release on 2012 jeep

[@aftengeorge3437]

Hi I really need your help i have just changed my fuel filter on my expedition and know its pouring gas out and I think I have a gas line that is clogged cos it seems like my car is not getting enough gas that is why I changed the filter thinking that is what was wrong with the car pleas help I don't know what to do

[@MrGerhardBarkhorn]

I'm having a terrible time with my mazda protege fuel pump connectors. Apparently there is a tool available but living overseas makes it more dificult, renting one is out of the question and frankly I have no idea where I could procure one. Breaking a tab makes for an unsafe repair and breaking both tabs calls for a new fuel line which would be very dificult to replace.

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

Send me a picture to my email I may have a solution for you.

[@fredcaroline7600]

How to get the right size fitting between males and females.

[@williamjahn7514]

On the fuel line connectors, there are several types . Some you have shown . My question is my fuel pump is a rail pump for a 86 ford ranger and there are several replacements. Both the ends are 5/16" for a quick connect . They have the plastic U shaped lock . Do you know if I have to use a ford type quick connect or will any type work as long as it's the same OD pipe? I'm not sure if all the pipes have the same barb distance from the end of the pipe. I used this type pump Airtex E2000 to replace the Bosch pump on a 73 VW type 3 fuel injected car which is what many do now days and it works perfect, thing is most push a 5/16" ID rubber hose over this bard as I did since the entire system is all Rubber FI hose with clamps and I thought it be better to use a Dorman 800-081 then clamp the hose to it's barbed fitting one both ends.

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

If you have the fitting on hand, give it a try if the oil ring seal feels tight and lock mechanism locks into place, should be good to go.

[@HWCapps]

how to remove 2018 Camaro Vac lines? looks like a thin green tab but will not release

[@kccodex8931]

Engineers make things way too complicated and fragile, it's pathetic really.

[@j.balance7844]

Thank you!!

[@demetricechilds4043]

Where can I get the fitting at 7:23

[@charlesmifsud8532]

Thank for the video . I broke c clip can you buy them it’s middle of you video

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

If you are talking about the metal e clip you can buy a fitting and pull the clip out of it.

[@charlesmifsud8532]

My is a plastic c clip and I broke it do no we’re to buy in Australia

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

@@charlesmifsud8532 If you have a scrap yard I would start there other wise worst case you can likely find a way to use zip tie's to run through and hold it.

[@charlesmifsud8532]

CrazedPerformanceRepair thanks for your quick reply

[@etchosts8162]

Do they make a tool for this?

[@ericlakota1847]

Haha their quick connects not disconects so dam true first few big jobs trany and motors the longest part was me disconnecting connecter with out breaking them

[@davidderler5924]

Ĥòpe they like it

[@PeterHSmith-cl7tl]

What about the external thick plastic clamps that go on the outside Toyota quick connects after connecting them together? I'm trying to figure out whether I just yank it off, or there is some less drastic way to handle it. Line Connector | | v v ===|===]]]]===|=== +---------------+ ^ | Clamp

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

You could send me a picture via crazedperformancerepair.com or message me on facebook just search crazed performance repair. I typically respond better on my website.

[@fyrfox2000]

Camera too far back.