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Check your hoses!

I noticed a cup of engine coolant under the coach this morning.  Brought it to Infinity and had their mechanic replace the 2 hoses going into the bottom of the radiator.  Look at how one hose was just being held on by a hair!  No idea how many years it had been like that. 

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Looks like a very poor installation.
Not only holding by a hair, but really stressing the hose (straight on one side/expanded on the other).

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When I did my engine, replaced them all.
Double clamped them to be safe.
Anybody could still double clamp the ones they have, right on the coach
Chris

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Forest, there is a third one of those flex connection hoses on the driver's side of the engine between the engine and a steel pipe.  That was the one on my coach that failed first.  All three have been replaced with Gates hoses and constant tension clamps.

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Cut and cap the 40ft. heater hoses from the engine to the dash, they really are worthless.

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If you have a leaking heater core-- MAYBE.

But, in addition to providing cabin heat, the heater core is an excellent secondary "radiator" if overheating and no place to pull over. Heat control to max and fan to high will remove a lot of BTU's!  Better to be hot for a few minutes than write a check for a new engine.

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Short of finding a number on the existing hoses, is there a way to determine part numbers for the needed coolant hoses?  I have a slow leak which is probably at the clamp, but since I do not know the age of the current hoses, I will plan to replace them along with the coolant.
 

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Quote from: DayDreamer –
Short of finding a number on the existing hoses, is there a way to determine part numbers for the needed coolant hoses?  I have a slow leak which is probably at the clamp, but since I do not know the age of the current hoses, I will plan to replace them along with the coolant.

Also look under the bottom edges of your radiator.  Leaks at the tank edges are common where the bolts hold the tank ends.  Difficult to get to, but you can reach "most" to snug them up a little.