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elise111 Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2005 Posts: 106 Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:57 am Post subject: Coolant hose- what failed for you? |
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Hi Folks-
Getting ready to replace the thermostat housing and related plastic stuff on my 2000 EV MV. There are so many hoses and tee's on these! I'm aware of the tee failure mode above the exhaust manifold. Anyone have other coolant hoses fail? How about the radiator itself?
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gakali Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2007 Posts: 448 Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Coolant hose- what failed for you? |
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I had my rad and rear heater core fail. The coolant was in bad shape and my van had been sitting for a few years so both those things likely contributed to the failures. I did end up replacing the front heater core for good measure.
The coolant hoses themselves seem to be very high quality so unless they are compromised by oil leaks or abrasive chaffing they seem to stand up well.
Unless you've had a water pump replaced at some time it may be worth considering that as well. _________________ Why do it? Because you can.
1999 Eurovan
2003 A4 Avant 1.8T Quattro
1992 W201 190e 2.3 Mercedes
2006 W220 S600 V12 Twin Turbo 5.5 Mercedes |
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Coolant hose- what failed for you? |
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Yeah, the original hoses on mine are still in great shape, but I do fear plastic fatigue for all those bits n' pieces in the system. I recently replaced a cracked thermostat housing, and then opted to swap in an aluminum "crack pipe", new radiator and waterpump. I deleted two plastic junctions when I installed an ATF cooler and eliminated the stock heat exchanger. _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
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