Danbob99 Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Mine? only about 2 miles! Just another testimant to how valuable second checking your work is... This weekend i blew that lil hose that comes from the thrmo housing cover to the underside of the intake manifold on an ea-82t... replaced it, yet the lil clamp on the hose under the manifold is a pain to get on, so i guess i didn't get it all the way on, and the hose blew straight off.... Took about 3 minutes for the temp gauge to start raising...so i got to spend a lil while in the subway parking lot by my house spilling coolant everywhere and trying to reatatch that hose! aahhhh...sorry bout that lil rant...but i feel better now Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Ya that little hose sucks I remeber just getting my EA82 all back in and fired up. Ran like a top during warm up. Was takling to someone while it was ideling and then I see coolant leaking from my fresh rebuild!!!! It was just that stupid little hose that had popped off =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 a bent nose hemostat is the solution for vac caps on the carb and that pesky line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I blew mine on Queen Anne hill in seattle, the car was full of people and krissy, the pink martini asked "why does it smell like syrup?" so going up this hill at about 6000 rpm and i couldn't stop because if you know the hill, its not one you can easily stop on and fix somthing like a hose. by the time we got to the top it was pretty good and low on coolant, topped her off, cut off the bad section and voila we were on our way. come to think of it, after axles and wheel bearings, thats the third thing that always goes on these, maybe its just my car. on the subject of double checking, when i switch from the swampers to the road tires and vice versa, i always seem to get a loud grinding noise, long story short i always have at least one tire that has loose lug nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nug Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I drove Trashwagon 5 about 10 miles with the top radiator hose smashed shut. Something eventually popped and ALL the water came out. Temperature went around 300 degrees. An impressive cloud of thick white smoke billowed out of the car, and eventually stopped, as there was nothing left. After a brief cooldown period, it started right up, and Fox drove it into the Carbola. It didn't sound bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 turned out to be a hole in the radiator. motor runs strong to this day some 2 oil changes and a few thousand miles later in the rx. temp gauge still cooked, but works anyway, cold 190, warm 250, pegged youre too hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88rxsedan Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 what does that stupid hose do anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84Scoobaroo Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 While drving my EA81 wagon yesterday, a heater hose split, didnt realize it till the it started spewing water over a sparkplug boot, and causing a misfire. Made it to school 10-14 miles away, and bypassed the heater core. Used the extra hose to make up for the split one at lunch, and it sounds like its going to live just fine. Wasnt even bubbling in the radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taprackready Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Well, my daughter drove my brat over 10 miles with the waterpump bypass hose blown and all the water gone. She said the car would stall at stop signs and she would just start it up again and kept on driving. Shaved the heads and put in new head gaskets and its been running great for two weeks now. No cracks at all. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbob99 Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 its a coolant by-pass.... jeez, i made this thread months ago...that problems long gone but since then, i've blown just about every sngle other freaking hose in the engine...think i've gotten them all by now... oh, and that little hose, connects into the block, via a little nipple, wich is now leaking from around it! J-b weld should hold it for a while longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 you melt those plastic intercooler pipes you had yet? err i think it was you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 After reading all this, sounds like you turbo guys need to get some kind of different hose. Theres this stuff we use on wet exhausts on marine engines. Its black hose thats probably a 1/4 inch thick and it was cable strand inlay. The stuff is stronger then hell. I know guys who've been using the same stuff for 10 years and havent had a problem with it. I'll try to find out the name of the hose if anyone is interested. These exhausts are runnin at 250+ F and I havent seen one melt or crack yet. The only problem is taking the stuff off every winter to winterize and having the end of the hose lose its memory and stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canajun2eh Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 what does that stupid hose do anywayThat little hose leads from the water pump to a pipe which is eventually connected to the inlet side of the heater core. Effectively, the heater core runs in parallel with the radiator but is NOT affected by the open or close state of the thermostat. You should check the heater hoses from time to time too. I had one wear out from rubbing against the spare tire. Not much fun when you're stuck in traffic and the damn thing suddenly starts spewing coolant all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbob99 Posted September 26, 2004 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 It was me with the abs intake piping, and no i havn't melted it yet. but i do hope to get some nice shiny mandrel bends the throw on there instead, gotta find em for a reasonable price though first. Should look pretty sweet once i get those in there, and ther intercooler mounted up striaght. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 heh... just had to ask since i know what my on boost intake temps are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAJJJORD Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 pays to replace all those hoses at the same time, and take the manifold off to do the one that goes under, then u know its on properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exister99 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I guess the answer to the title question is, "It depends!" I was in 4 low grinding through sagebrush when my fan switch died. Fortunately I had just forded an ice cold canal, and I was able to replace the 3 quarts that boiled out of the radiator. I only had about another 1/4 mile to go so I ground my way to my destination before the inevitable reboil. At the end of the day I was able to make it back to the highway before overheating and once I was doing 75 the fan was unnecassary. BTW I just replaced this fan switch last year and it's dead again. It is an Echlin. Has anyone else had these things die so quickly on them? I think I will go with the Beck-Arnley switch next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaissanceMan Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Theres something real creepy goin on... I just was surfin thru the board and read this thread last night... low and behold, on my way home from class last night that little chingadero hose started blowin steam on me and I was borderline overheatin when I got home at 10:30 I refilled it with coolant and drove it borderline overheating to school today, so now I gotta fix that dang thing again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUVMYBRAT Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 well today my brat blew a heater hose halfway on my commute to work, fortunately it was only 4 in. away from the splices some one else put it for a motor swap, grabbed the multiplier tool cut and re-atteched and I was on my way or so I thought, I grabbed my jug-o-water to fill it back up, only a quart or better in there, not enough.Hmmm... I know my pop, yea seeing how I'm a pop-o-holic I usually have a liter or two floatin around the car with me, I grabbed what was left of my first one and popped the top on the one I just picked up at the store, Now I was ready to go. It was just enough to keep the ol brat from peggin the temp gauge for the twenty miles I had left on my commute. I used Diet Pepsi you suppose my car will run leaner now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 if you need a molded hose for the waterpump bypass you can order one for a ford (90 deg hose) if there is no soob parts in stock, and trim the excess length off to fix. 5/8" hose will work for the heater hoses, 1/2 inch hose for the turbo hoses. replace the turbo hoses anyway, i made mention of that after doing a head gasket, and then it blew out on the first run! the oil down hose off the turbo should be silicone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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