hose clamps that wont leak in cold weather
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Austin, TX
Looks like this:
During testing...if it turns yellow, you are leaking combustion gasses into coolant system.
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From: Clayton MI
mine split last week at the drivers side seam. 
i've still got the stock clamps. they're a pita to squeeze and slide back, but they don't leak.
I got an all aluminum replacement from CSF-2969 for the superduper ebay price of $150. here's a pic.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/cs...fcsf2969-.aspx
i've still got the stock clamps. they're a pita to squeeze and slide back, but they don't leak.
I got an all aluminum replacement from CSF-2969 for the superduper ebay price of $150. here's a pic.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/cs...fcsf2969-.aspx
I actually love the stock clamps now. I used to hate them but then i got a proper set of Channel Locks. Mine are stock at 200+ thousand miles and are working fine. Been repeatedly taken off and put back on. I feel like a lot of people hate them because they take a certain touch to use without having an aneurism.
Manufactures definitely use the cheapest things they can that still meet the specs they are trying to meet. They are in the business solely for profit, why would they not use the cheapest?
The quality and price of parts has a lot to do with their projected selling price and how long they are actually designing the stuff to last. Everything is taken into account and some things they skimp and others they don't. Its all about the end goal and the end goal is making money.
Manufactures definitely use the cheapest things they can that still meet the specs they are trying to meet. They are in the business solely for profit, why would they not use the cheapest?
The quality and price of parts has a lot to do with their projected selling price and how long they are actually designing the stuff to last. Everything is taken into account and some things they skimp and others they don't. Its all about the end goal and the end goal is making money.
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sorry it took me a while to get back to you guys. I got a block test kit and tested for combustion gasses in the coolant, and it tested negative. I ran the test 3 times. I also put it by my exhaust to make sure the test fluid was working properly and it turned greenish when sucking in exhaust fumes. I pulled the top hose off the nozzle to make sure the nozzle wasnt cracked and it wasnt, but it had little bubbles in the plastic..like paint bubbles. It looked like what would happen if it got melted but I know the coolant didnt get that hot to melt the plastic. This could make for an eneven mating surface of the hose and nozale causing coolant to seep by, even though I have 3 freakin hose clamps on it.