Radiator Hose Connector

[Paul Caouette]

Simple question from an old fart. How do you disconnect the radiator from
the top hose on a 1998 A4......and what the devil happened with standard
hose clamps......is there no end to technological advances designed to
challenged the feeble minds of the aged???

Does one pull out or compress the wire clip that slides in the slot?

"I've walked forty seven miles of barbed wire...used a cobra snake for a
necktie" but I ain't never seen one of them fandangled thins before.