How to release this locking connector?

[CrabGuy]

I need to remove my intake hose section and have never seen this type of connector. I don't want to break it trying to figure it out like some electrical connectors in the past. Is it a Special tool like fuel line connections or just some secret handshake? I can always take the crimp clamp off and use a hose clamp I suppose.

 

[dvdswan]

Looks like a quick disconnect and would need a specific tool.

 

[RonD]

No not like a fuel line

Push the green part toward the raised black side it should release the hose

This is a Breather hose for PCV system, so no pressure inside, but is an emissions system so needs secure connection, why not a hose clamp like they used for 75 years???
Have to ask Ford, lol

 

[Curious Hound]

No not like a fuel line

Push the green part toward the raised black side it should release the hose

This is a Breather hose for PCV system, so no pressure inside, but is an emissions system so needs secure connection, why not a hose clamp like they used for 75 years???
Have to ask Ford, lol

Agreed. That's not a very elegant solution. 2 different style clamps with a reducer in between. Could have just redesigned the port on the intake to the smaller diameter so that the PCV tube could slide in and be secured with a clamp. One connection. Simpler. Fewer parts. Fewer chances to leak.

 

[CrabGuy]

Thanks all. I just removed the crimp clamp and finagled the stub piece out of the intake tube. Next I'll dump that quik connect and slip in a 5/8" hose and clamps. What an idiotic design, they must be German engineers paying us back for WWII.

 

[Bill]

That is probably the easiest disconnector to disconnect that Ford has ever used. You press the green part and it will slide right off.