Overflow Reservior Clamp(s)?
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Overflow Reservior Clamp(s)?
I noticed for awhile now especially in the winter that my antifreeze level has slowly seemed to dissapear over the period of a month+, it never seemed to get below (add) but never seemed to stay (full).
Today I decided to give it a long hard look after filling the overflow with 50/50 to full when the engine was cold, drove it around for a bit then took a look at it with the engine running, finally noticed that at the point where the overflow hose connects to the radiator seemed to have a very small, slow drip that never seemed to reach the ground but just hit the inside wall of the truck and dried up.
I went to my local auto parts store and just purchased a hose clamp and placed it on the radiator end of the hose and tightened it down, the end where it connects to the overflow has a clamp, the hose itself checked out okay, didn't have any tears, just seemed to allow some antifreeze to seep out when engine was running.
When I get home i look it up and I see plenty of threads on other forums saying that there is never a clamp on the radiator end of the hose, so it it safe to use on on that end? I haven't been able to confirm completely if it's 100% stopped what I assume was the main culprit for me loosing antifreeze, but I believe it was a good place to start.
So my question is, do any of you have clamps at the end of the reservoir hose where it meets the radiator?
Today I decided to give it a long hard look after filling the overflow with 50/50 to full when the engine was cold, drove it around for a bit then took a look at it with the engine running, finally noticed that at the point where the overflow hose connects to the radiator seemed to have a very small, slow drip that never seemed to reach the ground but just hit the inside wall of the truck and dried up.
I went to my local auto parts store and just purchased a hose clamp and placed it on the radiator end of the hose and tightened it down, the end where it connects to the overflow has a clamp, the hose itself checked out okay, didn't have any tears, just seemed to allow some antifreeze to seep out when engine was running.
When I get home i look it up and I see plenty of threads on other forums saying that there is never a clamp on the radiator end of the hose, so it it safe to use on on that end? I haven't been able to confirm completely if it's 100% stopped what I assume was the main culprit for me loosing antifreeze, but I believe it was a good place to start.
So my question is, do any of you have clamps at the end of the reservoir hose where it meets the radiator?
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Dont over think it. If it leaks put a clamp on it. You also know that coolant gets drawn into and pushed out of the radiator into the overflow as your truck warms and cools right? So a warm engine will show a lower coolant level than a cooled engine.
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Yeah I have been aware of that, but gradually, the cold engine overflow level has been decreasing, i've had to top it off 3 times I believe since November while cold, so it's seemed to always have less and less in the reservoir when left overnight after driving it, so i'm hoping that seepage from the hose that I finally caught is the one and only culprit lol.
