Geocritter wrote:
Hi all y’all,
SD issue #2, somehow while I was putting everything back together I forgot to put a final tightening on one of the radiator hose clamps. It was tight enough to not leak under normal service but on the first long upgrade after San Antonio the engine heated up enough to build cooling system pressure and KABLOOIE! The radiator hose pulled free from the radiator and blew 3 gallons of coolant all over the highway. Fortunately, I was watching the gauges and pulled over before it caused over heating damage. What’s aggravating is that when I made the 50/50 anti-freeze mix I went so far as to use distilled water and now I have to do it all over again, gaaah!
Steve
Remember that quite well on my friends Wanderlodge, just didn't tighten that rad hose enough, mind you it was only 4ins long on a cat motor and dumped it on a 10 mile grade, nice thing to fix with a boiling hot motor in the dark.
