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So I finally got my car rebuilt from blowing the headgasket a couple weeks ago. I'm out driving around last night and start to smell something, pull over and my coolant is gone. I walk to Walmart, buy some water and pour it in and I might as well have been pouring it strait onto the ground. I call a friend who brings some tools and a light. We check all the hoses and everything is connected and appears fine. Finally find this...
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Coolant temps never read above 215, but I've got no idea how hot it actually got before I smelled the motor melting. I got it towed home last night but haven't touched it since. I don't think I can handle more bad news at this point.
It'd be one thing if I'd just fucked something up on the rebuild, but a busted radiator hose? WTF? Hopefully it's not too bad.
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Coolant temps never read above 215, but I've got no idea how hot it actually got before I smelled the motor melting. I got it towed home last night but haven't touched it since. I don't think I can handle more bad news at this point.
It'd be one thing if I'd just fucked something up on the rebuild, but a busted radiator hose? WTF? Hopefully it's not too bad.
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That's rough man. Exact same thing happened to a friend of mine, I had to change his lower hose out at 2am in the parking lot of where I used to work. Its always the little **** :/. On a positive note, I really doubt you killed something. Just do a compression/leakdown test, fill it back up and kick ***.
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Thanks for the kind words guys. Hopefully tomorrow I can get up the courage to put a new hose on and give her a try, haha.
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