jacklet

ummmmm maybe you should buy the hose kit and be done with it. prolly good time for a t-stat too

WesM951

Yea, i'm about half tempted to do that. I'm going to my local advanced-auto to see if we can match something up as they can't seem to find the part number for it thats listed on there website.

jacklet

napa can match it i got a replacement there once

WesM951

Well advanced auto matched the hose for me and that stopped the leaks. Althou i have a tiny leak coming from the hose just above that. Like 3-4 small drops then stops. I think it should be ok, i'll have to see about getting that one. At least the car is driveable for now.

WesM951

Argh.. never ends. Today i drive the car to work, fine as usual. Walk out to my car to goto a customers and notice a rather large pool of coolant sitting on the pavment. Take a look under the hood and now its coming from the same upper rad hose, but where it connects to the metal pipe that goes to the block.

The new hose was a little large on this end but wasn't leaking up until today. I tried tightening it, but its as tight as it'll get. Well guess its time to park it until i get the correct hose.

Tom M'Guinn

Are you getting any overflow from the tank overflow line?

jacklet

maybe the metal pipe is rusted and collapsed inside happened to me once-collapsed as in inside the hose

WesM951

Tom,
Nope, no overflow.

You know whats really odd? It doesn't leak while the car is on, only when i shut it off.

Jacklet,
Good possibility. I won't have time to mess with it this weekend, but maybe early next week. I'll rip it apart and take a look.