On May 29, 3:21 pm, eara...@spymac.com wrote:

If the coolant leaks, you often don't see a rise in temp because the
temp sensor is sitting in the coolant, and when it's all of a sudden
not sitting in the coolant, it doesn't notice that the rest of the
coolant, that it's not sitting in, is heating up. In fact, two other
symptoms of coolant loss are temp going DOWN, and lack of heat from
the heater.

In a similar vein, I popped a tiny little hose going to the choke
heater in a former car, driving on the highway; too small to see any
steam, coolant flying out, etc. but sure big enough to end up with a
head that needed replacing.

Hey y'all.  I have a '90 Integra that gets driven occasionally.  Last
time it was in for an oil change, they told me the coolant hoses are
brittle and ought to be replaced.

Now I do plan to get this done, but maybe not right away 'cos it's
pretty expensive.  Is there any danger to the car (or the people
inside) if the hoses happen to fail while I'm driving?  I mean, if it
were a timing belt problem you might have some serious engine damage,
plus it's not so good to stop going if you're on the freeway or
something.  But with this, I was thinking I'd see the temp go up and
hopefully have some time and be able to pull it over.  Am I wrong?

Thanks.