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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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<html><body><div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-s=
ize: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hello everyone,</div><div><br data-mce-bogu=
s=3D"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 radia=
tor hose, a separate lower hose, and a brass fitting that attaches to the w=
ater pump with a short length of hose and sends coolant up to the heater co=
re. The work I did included a new radiator, hoses, hose clamps, and thermos=
tat. I sourced all the items from Vicky-Brit at the end of May and installe=
d them sometime in July.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>The =
problem is that the hoses seemed a bit flimsy compared to the ones I took o=
ff. Seems like the old hoses came from NAPA. I was driving the car after fi=
tting 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 som=
e 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 zo=
ne. I was driving it home on one of those hot evenings, when I started smel=
ling 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 d=
ata-mce-bogus=3D"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. T=
he 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=3D"1"></div><div>Is this the f=
ault 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 sugges=
tions about that?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>Thank you,<=
/div><div>-William</div></div></body></html>
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