"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary"

�Richard Whately

Or course, you could also say:

"There ain�t no rules here. We�re trying to accomplish something."

� Thomas Edison

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