[Mgs] Sourcing radiator hoses

[Charley Robinson]

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. I 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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