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Too busy to change an upper radiator hose? Now, that's busy! Could be a
faulty hose, but you might want to check to see if your radiator cap is
within spec. Seems like I got my last hoses from CarQuest. They're my
best local source for LBC parts.
CR
On 9/3/2019 9:05 AM, William Killeffer via Mgs wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Recently, I did a bunch of work on the cooling system of my 1974 MGB.
> The car has a 1971 engine and is set up to use an upper radiator hose,
> a separate lower hose, and a brass fitting that attaches to the water
> pump with a short length of hose and sends coolant up to the heater
> core. The work I did included a new radiator, hoses, hose clamps, and
> thermostat. I sourced all the items from Vicky-Brit at the end of May
> and installed them sometime in July.
>
> The problem is that the hoses seemed a bit flimsy compared to the ones
> I took off. Seems like the old hoses came from NAPA. I was driving the
> car after fitting all the new parts in the early part of August, and
> all seemed well. IÂ thought I'd been careful to get the air out of the
> system. We had some really hot days that month, with the heat index
> showing up at 95+deg, but the car seemed to run well and the temp
> gauge never got into the danger zone. I was driving it home on one of
> those hot evenings, when I started smelling coolant not far from home.
> I didn't see any steam, so I drove the rest of the way home, which was
> less than a mile at that point.
>
> Upon raising the bonnet, I saw evidence of a coolant leak, and then
> found the split place in the upper radiator hose. The car's been
> sitting in my garage ever since as I haven't yet had time to deal with
> that.
>
> Is this the fault of a bad hose, or did I fail to get all of the air
> out of the system, or was it just too hot that day to safely be
> driving the car? I'm going to assume that I can still find hoses at
> NAPA, but does anyone have any suggestions about that?
>
> Thank you,
> -William
>
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Too busy to change an upper radiator hose? Now, that's busy! Â
Could be a faulty hose, but you might want to check to see if your
radiator cap is within spec. Seems like I got my last hoses from
CarQuest. They're my best local source for LBC parts.<br>
<br>
CR<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/3/2019 9:05 AM, William Killeffer
via Mgs wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello everyone,</div>
<div><br data-mce-bogus="1">
</div>
<div>Recently, I did a bunch of work on the cooling system of my
1974 MGB. The car has a 1971 engine and is set up to use an
upper radiator hose, a separate lower hose, and a brass
fitting that attaches to the water pump with a short length of
hose and sends coolant up to the heater core. The work I did
included a new radiator, hoses, hose clamps, and thermostat. I
sourced all the items from Vicky-Brit at the end of May and
installed them sometime in July.</div>
<div><br data-mce-bogus="1">
</div>
<div>The problem is that the hoses seemed a bit flimsy compared
to the ones I took off. Seems like the old hoses came from
NAPA. I was driving the car after fitting all the new parts in
the early part of August, and all seemed well. IÂ thought I'd
been careful to get the air out of the system. We had some
really hot days that month, with the heat index showing up at
95+deg, but the car seemed to run well and the temp gauge
never got into the danger zone. I was driving it home on one
of those hot evenings, when I started smelling coolant not far
from home. I didn't see any steam, so I drove the rest of the
way home, which was less than a mile at that point.</div>
<div><br data-mce-bogus="1">
</div>
<div>Upon raising the bonnet, I saw evidence of a coolant leak,
and then found the split place in the upper radiator hose. The
car's been sitting in my garage ever since as I haven't yet
had time to deal with that.</div>
<div><br data-mce-bogus="1">
</div>
<div>Is this the fault of a bad hose, or did I fail to get all
of the air out of the system, or was it just too hot that day
to safely be driving the car? I'm going to assume that I can
still find hoses at NAPA, but does anyone have any suggestions
about that?</div>
<div><br data-mce-bogus="1">
</div>
<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>-William</div>
</div>
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