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How often do you change coolant hoses?
Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing
coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long do you let them ? anks, WW |
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WaterWatcher wrote:
> Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? > > anks, > WW > > I always look at the hoses anytime a hood is up . If they appear softened or swollen near the ends where the clamps are or have any other visual deterioration, off they come . |
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WaterWatcher wrote:
> Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? > > anks, > WW > > I almost never change hoses, but when one of them starts looking "iffy" I change them all, as the rest are likely not far behind. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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"WaterWatcher" > wrote in message ... > Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? > > anks, > WW I recently screwed up and let one go too long....far too long...100,000 miles and 7 years. I thought it had been changed earlier, but turns out it wasn't. I would say that you should change every 3-4 years, or 50,000 miles. I am sure you will get many different answers on this. |
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:54:55 -0500, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>WaterWatcher wrote: >> Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing >> coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years >> old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long >> do you let them ? >> >> anks, >> WW >> >> >I almost never change hoses, but when one of them starts looking "iffy" >I change them all, as the rest are likely not far behind. I had an acura integra and it must have had 20 coolant hoses. I wasn't about to spend a several hundred dollars on coolant hoses and just replaced the ones that were visibly bad. |
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I've had hoses and belts outlast the engine. I don't replace them
unless they go bad. I can remember a long time ago, on my 1975 Chevy, I had hoses that sometimes only lasted a couple of months. The preformed hoses of today aren't rpone to breakage at the bends like the older hoses were. When I threw away ly last car, which had about 160,000 miles and 11 years on it, it had the original hoses and belts on it (except for timing belt, which I do change periodically). |
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I have a 1992 Beretta with 140,000 miles that still has the original hoses. I use a low pressure cap and use 60% antifreeze; both will greatly extend hose life. WaterWatcher wrote: > > Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? > > anks, > WW -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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WaterWatcher wrote: > > Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? The answer depends on on the particualr vehicle and your personal willingness to take a risk. Persoanlly, I no longer change hoses on a fixed schedule. If one looks bad I will replace it. Otherwise, I don't worry about it. Two of my current vehicles have "fail safe cooling." This allows you to drive (with a significant reduction in performance) for up to 50 miles with no coolant at all. Other vehicles I own, don't have this feature, but they rarely get more than a few miles from home. If one of their hoses blows, I am comfortable with leaving them on the side of the raod while I go for a replacement. As of today I have one 24 year old farm tractor with all the original hoses, another 15 year old farm tractor with all the original hoses, a 34 year old Dodge truck we have owned for 20 years with the hoses that were on it when bought it, a 1992 F150 with all the original hoses, and several newer vehicles, all with original hoses. For that matter my sisters 1997 Honda Civic still has all it's original hoses as well (although the timing belt was replaced). I haven't had to replace a hose on anything since I sold my 1986 Sable with 137,000 miles. That car would eat a heater hose about every 30,000 miles. This was becasue of a design defect (the hose was short and flexed a lot) and not becasue of the quality of the hose. The hose never failed catestropically, but alway gave plenty of warning (small leak) in time toi avoid disaster. Hoses are a lot better today than they were when the 2 or 3 year replacement recommendation was the norm. In many cases, they are a lot more expesnive as well. If you want to be very conservative, and don't mind spending the money, then the two year replacement cycle may suit you. But not me. Ed |
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C. E. White wrote: > The answer depends on on the particualr vehicle and your > personal willingness to take a risk. Persoanlly, I no longer > change hoses on a fixed schedule. If one looks bad I will > replace it. Otherwise, I don't worry about it. Two of my > current vehicles have "fail safe cooling." I change my hoses every five years. I don't know if this is necessary, but every water hose by then always looked and felt fine on the outside but was cracking on the inside (hard crust formed), and I've read that this cracking is caused by electricity flowing between the rubber and the metal in the cooling system. |
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Back in the Day! I'd recommend the hoses R/R every 30,000 miles -- here we are
in the year 2005 Hoses are NOT made the same, can handle more heat, are more durable - I have seen a set of (oem) hoses last a good 150,000 miles - even longer in some cases!! NEW improved Recommendations i.e. R/R @ every 120,000 mile intervals -- or as the others have stated - soft or cracked rubber is a sure indication = R/R ASAP!! -- BBA °?° BBA's RC Site - http://www.billybadassrc.com When Privacy Matters -- http://www.epic.org "WaterWatcher" > wrote in message ... > Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing > coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years > old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long > do you let them ? > > anks, > WW > > |
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