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Happee Fyedaye, Jeff
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:59 PM, raceingcajun <raceingcajun@communicomm.com> wrote: > Not to beat a well read thread to death, nor do I wish anyone to spend > hundreds of dollars un-necessarily, but.................How much is a towing > fee, and the chance of engine damage, etc! > > The question was, "I'm opening the cooling system, what else should I look > out for! > > The answer: > http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=1023 > > Troubleshooting Cooling System Hoses > > Today's smaller engines work a lot harder than the large V-8 engines that > were standard 10 years ago. Under similar conditions, today's four-cylinder > engine must run approximately 25% faster than a V-8 engine, creating > proportionately more heat to be dissipated. The following report provided by > Gates Corporation examines what these higher temperatures can mean to the > service life of cooling system hoses. > > (****Accelerated by high-heat and flexing, the hose can develop a pinhole > leak or rupture under normal pressure. This possibility of hidden > reinforcement failure is one of the best reasons for replacing coolant hoses > every two to four years. **** ) > > Howard |
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