Coolant hoses

[Don Bradner]

The point with the brittle hoses is that they break from impact on the OUTSIDE,
not expansion causing bursting. Kick up a rock, for example.

My sensor is way below my sight glass - would have to go down a gallon or more
to reach it from that point.

On 10/25/2009 at 8:31 PM gregory O wrote:

>yes my coolant low sensor works. I tested it by draining the tank thew
>the sight glass while running.
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> MarkD 88pt blew a coolant hose and the ddec shut him down. Age of hose
>and condition was the cause of the burst so the repair was limited to a
>tow and $700. 'hose job'.
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> when an engine spins a bearing the heat is quick. expansion not relieved
>by the r cap builds to burst a hose. the weakest link hose bursting is
>then a result, not cause.
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>When someone gets shot, sometimes they bleed to death. what then would be
>the cause of death?
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>Greg
>94ptca
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
>wrote:
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>> Too many anecdotal examples of engine damage from explosive coolant loss
>to accept that. Whether it is due to the coolant-low sensor not working (I
>don't know if mine works, do you?) or just not responding fast enough is
>impossible to say. The compressor hoses have been implicated in more than
>a few.
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>> I considered the hoses a critical preventive maintenance item, and had
>mine replaced last year. The old ones were like glass - shatter on impact,
>snap on bend. I may lose my engine to something else, but it won't be that
>one!
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>> Don Bradner
>> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
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>> On 10/25/2009 at 3:51 PM gregory O wrote:
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>> >if he blew a hose and it lost coolant the bus would have shut down when
>> >the expansion tank lost its fill and sent the detroit computer in to
>> >crawl-low-r-mode. more to it than just a blown coolant hose.
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