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Subject:Re: Coolant hoses most likely to fail?
From:Mark Dearing
Date:Fri, 22 May 2009 15:48:56 EDT

In a message dated 5/22/2009 1:29:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
kayakjr@COMCAST.NET writes:

Does  anyone know which coolant hoses are the one most likely to fail  -
in other words what hoses should absolutely be changed first?

( I searched the archive to no great luck)

hello what I have seen is that it isn't normally the hoses that fail.
mostly the plastic hose connections, like the thermostat housing and the
distubution pipe behind the engine on the later vannies.  early ones had  the 2 H
pipes that would crack.  later  mark  d
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