So I drove the RS with B18C1 swap today, been driving it since yesterday. I knew when i bought it that it might need a new fan, because the old one is really starting to chatter. Well I went to a friends house today, and heard the noise, so I popped the hood.

It's a good thing I did too, because where the upper hose runs to the block was allowing coolant to leak out, and it was almost all gone. So I let it sit, went to the gym, then drove it home.

Question, should I just wait till monday and buy an OEM hose from the dealer, or get an aftermarket set like what Greddy offers? Don't really care if it's *Bling*, just want it to be reliable.


Modified by Crackerballer at 9:03 PM 4/29/2006


Modified by Crackerballer at 10:25 AM 4/30/2006

 

oem will always yield reliability, but it is just a hose. I personally would wait one day and go oem, but i am sure most hoses will be just fine.

 

Even a hose from somewhere like autozone would work fine.

 

i got mine from auto zone and i havent had any problems with it...

 

i ripped a hole in my upper hose...picked one up from kragen, no problems either

 

*update* Just pulled the hose off, and it doesn't seem to be cracked or split. The fluid was leaking out of where the hose slipped onto the block, so I am thinking it just wasn't on there tight. Now the questions is, do i slip it back on and try to leave the same clip to keep it secure? Do any of you guys use the clamps that you tighten with a screw driver on there, or just the ones that you take plyers and squeeze the tabs together to loosen them>

 

If it's leaking from the "seal" I'd use one of those clamps that needs to be screwed to be tighten.

 

Yea I am going to run to the store real quick and see if I can pick some up. It is where the hose slips on the block, it was trickeling down from the under half and was coming out pretty quickly.