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pawoSD · #10 08-24-2005, 11:39 PM

I changed out my lower radiator hose today, it was still in realy good shape, don't know how old it was....at least 4 years. I put in my new one with the block heater spliced into it, works great, leak free, I have yet to test the heater though, I'll try it soon and see how warm it keeps the engine. My coolant I drained out was sediment free, still perfect from a year ago, so I poured most if it back in and then added some more of my 50/50 mix to make up for what was spilled in the process of draining, ran it, temps are perfect now, with the new pressure cap on, holds 83C now no matter how I drive (thats 2C lower than before) I've yet to try it out on the freeway, but I'm hoping it will be good or stay lower than before at least....it generally went as high as 110C on the freeway.

The old cap was in definately worse shape than the new one, the spring tension is far different between them, I can barely press the new one with my thumb, the old one was rather easy to compress....