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post Feb 26, 2013 - 1:15 AM
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ILoveMySilly97



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So I've been having issues with my cooling system for a long while now. It just never bothered me til now. I took a look at it after my bro drove it back from school. Which was about 20 min away most of it was on the highway. I popped open the hood just to look around and check my fluid levels since the engine is warm. I noticed it started leaking AGAIN at the upper radiator hose. It's leaking through the inner threads of the radiator hose. Now the side that connects to the engine. The color of the coolant that was leaking was brownish? I'm thinking it might be rust. The last cooling system flush I did was almost a year ago. At that time I had replaced thermostat, thermostat housing, top and bottom radiator hose, both ECT sensors, radiator cap, radiator and the fan temp sensor. My thermostat is designed to open at 175 degrees Fahrenheit. I know it opens because when I touched my bottom radiator hose it was warm but my top radiator hose was hot. I'm just wandering why it'll leak in the inner thread? Only possible answer is possible over pressure? Blockage in the engine somewhere? Any suggestions besides doing another cooling system flush?


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post Aug 24, 2013 - 3:22 PM
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Possible BHG. That's what mine was doing in the weeks before it REALLY took a big one on my wallet.
post Aug 24, 2013 - 3:44 PM
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QUOTE (bnr32celica @ Aug 24, 2013 - 1:22 PM) *
Possible BHG. That's what mine was doing in the weeks before it REALLY took a big one on my wallet.


Yea. That I have planned on swapping or rebuilding the engine sometime in the next 5 years so if it is a broken head gasket. Then I'll just drive until the engine dies then take it out.

I warmed up the car and the heater outlet hose was actually dripping a bit also. The only hoses I didn't replace were the heater inlet and outlet so I'm going to order those and replace my old ones.


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- ILoveMySilly97   Coolant leak from upper radiator hose   Feb 26, 2013 - 1:15 AM
- - delusionz   i just had that happen to me, my silicone hose cra...   Feb 26, 2013 - 4:33 AM
- - ILoveMySilly97   The stock clamps would be the metal one where you ...   Feb 26, 2013 - 1:11 PM
- - Galcobar   Toyota parts do have to come from Toyota, but ther...   Feb 26, 2013 - 9:02 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   I guess I'll have to wait til next week to go ...   Feb 26, 2013 - 9:18 PM
- - delusionz   those clamps are ok too aslong as you dont over ti...   Feb 27, 2013 - 8:31 AM
|- - Tigawoods   Be sure to use distilled water   Feb 27, 2013 - 9:03 AM
|- - ILoveMySilly97   QUOTE (delusionz @ Feb 27, 2013 - 5...   Feb 27, 2013 - 12:20 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   I just called my local Toyota dealership and the r...   Feb 27, 2013 - 4:21 PM
- - Galcobar   Dealerships are always pricey. That's why I su...   Feb 27, 2013 - 11:15 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Cheapest I found online was 46 dollars that's ...   Feb 28, 2013 - 2:41 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Who makes oem parts for our cars? I found motorad ...   Feb 28, 2013 - 3:52 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Ok. Back to the drawing board. My car took a **** ...   Aug 24, 2013 - 4:47 AM
- - bnr32celica   Replace the radiator cap when you do the hoses. I ...   Aug 24, 2013 - 7:29 AM
- - delusionz   is this since you bought a genuine radiator cap? w...   Aug 24, 2013 - 1:22 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   I'm running OEM upper rad hose and OEM rad cap...   Aug 24, 2013 - 2:25 PM
- - bnr32celica   Possible BHG. That's what mine was doing in th...   Aug 24, 2013 - 3:22 PM
|- - ILoveMySilly97   QUOTE (bnr32celica @ Aug 24, 2013 - 1...   Aug 24, 2013 - 3:44 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   I'm tired of dealing with this cooling problem...   Aug 24, 2013 - 4:31 PM
- - delusionz   to flush the system you need to build up pressure,...   Aug 24, 2013 - 7:26 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   ^I've actually flushed it with a pressure gard...   Aug 25, 2013 - 7:48 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Cars at the shop for the night. Lets hope for some...   Aug 26, 2013 - 7:55 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Received car today and the mechanic told me the sa...   Aug 27, 2013 - 8:08 PM


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