coolant hoses

[irondiezl3]

what does it mean when ur hoses cave in when car gets completely cooled down over night but when warmed up go back to original size?

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... o_O

[Vinalero]

^^ X2

[jayson_waltz]

your cooling system might be airlocked. has the car been running warm lately?

[irondiezl3]

no runs great have a 180 tstat runs perfect where its suppose to its the 2 main hoses from the radiator the big ones no others do it i didnt know if that was a concern or normal thing to happen? i had a coolant flush few months ago maybe that had sumthin to do with it seems like i have a bleeder line maybe they didnt bleeed it out?

[jayson_waltz]

i dunno. maybe hoses can wear out, like the metal srands breakin in them? i guess the easiest thing to try if ur worried about it is too get a new hose.

[cherrington17]

sounds like we need to have a "monster garage" aleromod style... w/ irondiezl's car... :lol:

[Redog]

Get new hoses, doesn't sound good

[01oldsgls]

yea x2. there are little people breaking ur car while you sleep i swear.

[alerored04]

To me it sounds like your cap is not venting properly so when the coolant comes down to ambient temp it compresses and creates a slight vacuum, sucking in your hoses. Warm the car up and slowly open the coolant cap, if the coolant bubbles out you need a new one. That is my best guess. I could be way off. Does not sound like a big problem to me though. I would definitely not spend money to fix it if the car was running fine.

[irondiezl3]

u have no idea i bet there are littlepeople doing that this cars a piece of sh*t. hmm ill try opeeing the cap and see what happens then replace hoses to they cant be expensive.

[Redog]

Was your car a rental at one time? :blink:

[Nate's Alero]

Was your car a rental at one time? :blink:

what would that have to do with it?

[Midgear]

what would that have to do with it?

lol.. seems like alot of things are happening to this car.. completely random things O_o

[Nate's Alero]

lol......rentals are good and bad....mine's a rental

[Redog]

what would that have to do with it?

Everything.

People rent car, and just don't give a shit, they beat the hell outta them and then just give it back.

Do that for the first 18,000 to 25,000 miles of a car's life, and you drasticly reduce the life of the car.

A few A-Modders have had Alero which were rentals, it wasn't pretty

[irondiezl3]

only thing left would be new motor or tranny

[Midgear]

good thing nothing major has happened yet :lol:




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