Help 911! Got to fix this ASAP

[Indytona675]

1999 Ford expedition 4.6l
I thought I had a heater core leak. I don't. It is leaking from the metal tube coming out of the passenger side rear of the intake that goes to the Heater hose.
1)Is it replaceable or do I need a whole new intake
2)If it is replaceable can I do it wihout taking the intake out?

I have to day off to do this. Unfortionatly it is our only car. I can't find anything but 5.4l stuff on google.

 

[FordandPolaris]

It should be replaceable, but I cannot say for sure. It would be worth calling or visiting a Ford Dealer. Their parts dept. has diagrams and they would be able to tell you if you can buy just the hose or not. I usually do that just to find out more about it and see the diagram, then I go and pull it out of a junk truck at the junkyard.

 

[onlyexilove]

The metal tube located on the back corner is part of the intake. It is a pressed part and from my knowledge you cannot replace just that tube. You will need to either use something like quick-steel or jb weld to try and seal it off otherwise you are looking at swapping the whole intake. I believe you are still running the npi setup so the 1997-2000 intake should work. The main difference will be how the ports look, i.e. npi (non performance intake) has rounded ports and the PI Intake (performance intake) will have more square style ports. Hopefully it all works out for you.

 

[98EXPY 5-0]

There are youtube videos on this. The tube is replaceable but the intake needs removed.

I did see a guy on youtube do a "redneck" fix of that same part on a Crown Vic. I don't know if it would work the same way. He pulled the alternator and hooked into the back of the water pump with a 90* and ran a hose around the passenger valve cover and hooked into the heater core.