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Re: How dangerous is coolant hose failure?
| Tegger | 29 May 2007 21:10 |
earache@spymac.com wrote in news:1180466507.179051.54770
@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
> 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
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> pretty expensive. Is there any danger to the car (or the people
> inside) if the hoses happen to fail while I'm driving?
If the big rad hoses break, the car will overhesat in jig time. This
often kills the engine because the Integra has a gauge (no light) that
most people ignore.
A new engine is a LOT more expensive than new rad hoses.
The smaller heater hoses usually do not fail catastrophically and can be
left until the inevitable small leaks form.
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?
Yep. You won't notice until the car starts acting funny and the needle
is solidly in the red.
Sell the car or get it fixed. This is an expensive disaster in the
making.
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| earache@spymac.com | 29 May 2007 19:21 |
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.
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