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Posted by Matt (93SE) on September 24, 2002 at 22:48:46:
In Reply to: Whew, crisis averted, need imput......EXTREMELY LONG POST.. posted by Mike S. on September 24, 2002 at 21:56:42:
: I pull over, crank the heat(on vent setting), all i get is luke warm air, the needle is still up a bit, i rev the engine, voila, hot air, needle moves right down. I'm thinking....is the water pump toast? thermostat getting stuck closed? : Niether is valid b/c the pump was replaced 30K ago when I had my timing belt done. And thermostats get stuck OPEN and run the car cold, not hot. : Its fine for about 10 mins, I hit my exit, oh no...its rising again. SHIT. I pull over. shut her off, pop the hood. Top coolant hose has a small crack....damn....she's been leaking(explains lack of coolant in the heater core and why the air was only warm when the car was getting too hot. : So since the crack was right at the end of the hose, I cut off the end, only about 3/4 of an inch. Put it back on, tightened it down, added a less than a half gallon of coolant, and she was as good as new. : So I went home, then took her for a drive. It seemed some air got stuck in the heater core because all was back to normal, but it was blowing no warm air. Then I accelerated kinda hard (reved up to 3500 or so) and hot air started comming out and was for the rest of a 5 min trip. : I'm going to get a new hose just to be safe, but is this really ok? I need to drive 150 miles tomm but I'm leaving at 6:30 am so I can't change it tomm. The cut I made was clean and its clamped down tight. My cutting of the end of the hose is really no different than the end of a new hose....right? : Mike S.
: Ok....driving tonight, came though a toll both accelerating up to 65 and I look down and se the temp guage above the half way point. Its not out of the "normal" range, but you all know that needle should be dead center, and not any higher.