Originally Posted By: HoosierJeeper
Originally Posted By: researcher
Originally Posted By: HoosierJeeper
Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthr...gear_hos#UNREAD
That looks really interesting. I'm going to some research on that! Thanks.
It's coming from the hose, not the t stat housing seal, but that is new as well.
hey that's my post! Yeah they do work very well where OEM might not. It's odd, things work fine from the factory but when you try to service it later on, things do seem to change.
The brand I got was masterpro from Oreilly auto parts, I think it's their house brand. Been very happy with the quality.
Now is it leaking from the edge of the hose or the surface (top) of the hose? If it's leaking from the edge, sounds like it's not clamped down enough.. if it's coming through the surface (top) of the hose, then it's porous and defective hose! I know, common sense, lol.
Have you had to retighten it at all? It's coming from the bottom of the hose. Would it be dumb to throw the new clamp on in addition to the other clamp?
no, I haven't had to tighten it at all. There is a spring against the bolt/screw that once you adjust it, it won't loosen, hence the name "constant tension". I snugged it down, that way it wasn't so tight it would distort the hose. You can feel the tension as you tighten the screw/bolt head on the clamp. I made it snug and it's been that way for going on 4 years. I have to replace the coolant and I'll be loosening it soon to get the hose off (I like to replace hoses every 3-4 year). My point is, no leaks.
I think that the clamp they gave you didn't take into consideration the thickness of the original hose. I bet that the Gates hose is slightly thicker than OEM and that's why it's leaking. On the toyota that I'm using the clamp, I'm using the Toyota hoses. I dont have anything against gates brand hoses, I use them on my civic. I had to use Toyota hoses since the aftermarket didn't have the protective sleeve (where the oxygen sensor wire clamps). Toyota's clamp did not open up enough to get over the water pump inlet throat. I do like the spring loaded clamps, takes the guess work out of how tight to get the clamp.
But in my situation the so-called "correct part" wasn't correct! Grabbed a constant tension clamp and was done in 5min.. no more problems. Nice part about a constant tension clamp, it has a smooth strap part of the clamp that goes onto the hose. Not like those worm clamps that leave marks in the hose. Where if you keep cranking down it'll cut into the hose. so hope that helps ya..
oh and no I wouldn't use two clamps at once. Take the spring loaded clamp off, and use the constant tension. How to determine which clamp to get. Find the diameter of your hose, then get a clamp that has that diameter roughly 1/2 of the adjustment range of the constant tension clamp. That way you're in the middle of the range.
