The clamping error is possible.  About 9 months ago I put a new radiator on
the daughters jeep.  She called me about a week ago because of a green
puddle when the engine was running.  At first i find nothing wrong but on
just a quick little tug on the upper rad hose it is loose in a way it
shouldn�t be.  When I pulled the clamp and hose to look closer I could tell
from the impressions on the hose that I had not put it on correctly when I
did the rad change out. Somehow I had clamped across the rib and not all on
the rad side of the rib.    After checking it I believe it would have been a
popped hose within a few days or weeks at most.  Took almost a year to start
leaking though.  The upper clamp is in an awkward place on the jeep.
jimt

On 6/5/05 5:07 PM, "Wognacious" <wognacious@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> Wognacious <wognacious@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Let's ask this question of the
> poster;
> "When was the last time the system was chemically and pressure flushed,
> how often do you change the coolant, and how many miles on the Van?"
> 
> This all would be a good indication of whats going on.
> 
> 
> I can't really say as I'm not the original owner, I can say that in the 4 plus
> years that I've owned it I haven't done that. The coolant was changed almost
> two years ago when I put the new to me used engine in it. The PO put a new
> radiator in the van back in 1993. The van has 184,500 miles on it. I'm
> wondering if I didn't get the spring clamp on correctly. It's in an awkward
> spot and maybe I didn't get it up high enough on the fitting. I think I'll try
> it again and see what happens. If it blows off again then I would assume that
> the radiator needs to be boiled out or replaced. What do you think?
> 
>