blew a hose yesterday
 

Hey All,

I' am at work but here's the story. I was on the way home from work yesterday when at a red light I noticed a little smoke/steam coming from the joint where the fender and hood meet at driver side. I was like well crap that's not good. Luckily I was almost home. I get home and open the hood and there is fluid everywhere. Dripping from the hood all over the engine and battery. I was in my Whites (Security) so I dared not touch anything. I' am thinking I hope that's not oil :cry: ...

I changed clothes and came back down. When I opened the hood the first thing I noticed was a hose with a crack in it. As I' am looking at the motor with the hood open standing in front of the car it's top right side. I assume it's the radiator hose. It goes to the block and the radiator.

I was going to pick one up on the way home today and just wanted to make sure there is only one hose that comes off the radiator by the battery. Would suck to get one and have to exchange it because it was the wrong one lol.

I had the same issue and it blew on me. Coolant everywhere!

The hose goes to the thermostat housing into the radiator. Easy fix.

Great thanks. I was so not happy thinking that was gonna cost me a couple of grand. Remember I just purchased a new HU and Back up camera. Thank god I haven't had it installed yet lol. Hope that's all it is. I will pdate somtimes this wekend probably.

Okay. Should be just that hose.

sucky sucky
 

OMG lol what a huge pain in the a**. Try getting to and replacing that hose with only a flathead, Philips, Pliers and Channel locks. Meh sucking donkey nutz....I' am getting a set of the screw clamps after work. I can't get the old clamp type over the lip of the lower hose. I also had to break the damn battery tray so picking a new one up from the Chevy dealer after work too lol along with a Socket Set...I couldn't get the pliers or channel locks on the tray bolts. Little frustration at that moment in time got the best of me :eek:

Coolant hoses can go bad on these cars??? I thought that they normally outlasted the engines on most cars made in roughly the last 30 years.

No they go bad lol

Sigh finally done
 

OK finally finished it. I went to pick & pull for the Battery tray...$11 and some change. Damn dealer wanted $41 lol. Went to Wal-Mart and got a $30 Stanley socket set with tool chest included :p I got the hose clamps with the screws. Finished this morning. Amazing how easy things can be with the proper tools.

I had my heater core hose break on me while I was in the Autozone parking lot. Couldn't have been luckier, especially since they had both hoses (was soon to replace them both anyway), and both quick connect fittings.

Sucks that I had to spend $35 on a set of hose clamp pliers, though.

LOL feel ya man
 

I had an issue like this years ago trying to change the battery in our Saturn without the proper tools. Think I would have learned after that lol. Ended up costing me more to fix the stuff I broke than it would have cost me to have the dealer replace the broken hose.

i could have told you that, why would you even consider going to a GM dealer for that? lol

i went there for shits and giggles on a replacement fog light. whole assembly they wanted 112$. thats just for ONE.

yeah wasn't bad after I got some tools But I was trying to avoid doing it myself just because I didn't have any. I should have just gotten the tools and done it instead of trying to do it with a flat head, Channel locks and a pair of pliers.