Ahhh!
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Ahhh!
So I finally got my car rebuilt from blowing the headgasket a couple weeks ago. I'm out driving around last night and start to smell something, pull over and my coolant is gone. I walk to Walmart, buy some water and pour it in and I might as well have been pouring it strait onto the ground. I call a friend who brings some tools and a light. We check all the hoses and everything is connected and appears fine. Finally find this...
Coolant temps never read above 215, but I've got no idea how hot it actually got before I smelled the motor melting. I got it towed home last night but haven't touched it since. I don't think I can handle more bad news at this point.
It'd be one thing if I'd just fucked something up on the rebuild, but a busted radiator hose? WTF? Hopefully it's not too bad.
Coolant temps never read above 215, but I've got no idea how hot it actually got before I smelled the motor melting. I got it towed home last night but haven't touched it since. I don't think I can handle more bad news at this point.
It'd be one thing if I'd just fucked something up on the rebuild, but a busted radiator hose? WTF? Hopefully it's not too bad.
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That's rough man. Exact same thing happened to a friend of mine, I had to change his lower hose out at 2am in the parking lot of where I used to work. Its always the little **** :/. On a positive note, I really doubt you killed something. Just do a compression/leakdown test, fill it back up and kick ***.
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Thanks for the kind words guys. Hopefully tomorrow I can get up the courage to put a new hose on and give her a try, haha.
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