ok I am at work and do not have access to my helms manual.......I just got back from lunch stopped the car and coolant steam started to pour out.....

open the hood up one of my heater hoses has sprung a leak...well I am replacing that and topping off the coolant to get home, but here is the question do any of you think that this was the result of old hoses or that maybe my thermostat could be faulty? By the way I wasn't flooring it or anything just driving normal and I didn't notice the temp gauge being too hot or anything?

 

hoses get worn out all the time.. how old is ur car and when was teh last time you replaced taht hose? my upper original oem radiator hose went on me at around 105k miles. but when u feel a new hose and a way used hose, you can tell the difference...

 

well its a 1994 car and I am not the original owner of it, I have been meaning to replace all the hoses but just haven't gotten around to it ....well until now that is

 

did you ever notice any swelling in you hose before this happened?

 

i'm sure it wouldnt' hurt to replace ur thermostat while replacing ur coolant hoses. and my car is a 94 as well.

 

actually now that you mention it I have noticed that the main coolant hoses swelled when I blipped the throttle last summer, when the car was warmed up

this weekend I will be replacing all the coolant hoses and thermostat just to be safe

 

yeah I just got done putting the new hose on.....it was raining

but all the coolant hoses were quite soft so I guess I will be replacing them all .....at least it happened at work and not at the fish and chips place I went to lunch at