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preventative maintenance reminder: hoses!
Posted by techlectic (more from techlectic) on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:50:49
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After having to operate on my car 6 times on a weekend trip, I feel like issuing a reminder. I blew a heater hose 2 hours from home on a 9 hour trip (each way). There was no chance to get a replacement hose, so I first cut the hose shorter and reconnected it, but the hose just blew again. When I could get to an autoparts store I was able to cobble together something that I thought would hold but didn't (the upper hose goes from one size at the block to another size at the heater core). Each of the 6 times I lost all my coolant and my temp gauge pegged. It's a miracle I didn't blow a head gasket. Each time I had to work on a hot engine, and I have the burns to prove it. Each time I was either on the roadside or in a parking lot in 90-100 degree heat. It was not fun, but I feel fortunate to have had sufficient tools and fluids with me that I didn't wind up stranded.
I feel stupid for not having replaced old hoses on a car with 180k miles. And probably the radiator has some plugged passages, keeping the system from running as cool as it should have. Lessons learned. Lessons shared.
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