Hello

        In January, my water pump failed.  I replaced it and all of the short coolant
lines around the engine compartment.  For flushing purposes, I also
disconnected the two large hoses that connect the radiator to the long plastic
coated pipes (never again!).  One of the two hoses popped off a week later (in
a really bad neighborhood too).  After reconnecting, I noticed slow leaks from
both hose connections.  After a couple of weeks of trying different tensions on
the clamps, I finally put two clamps on each hose.  Leaks stopped.  Well, now
one of them has a slow leak again.  Argh!!!  About an inch of the plastic had
disintegrated and broken off one pipe, but that's not the leaking one.  Any
ideas on how to stop this !@#$%^ leak?

Thanks,
Vernon Craddock
'90 Standard Vanagon