coolant hose failure

[frashdog]

I'll start by saying, I do not think I recieved this hose from DFA. I do not remember. I have an alacart system built a few years ago. It is 1/2" coolant hose made by Powertrack from malaysia.

In my tool/fuel box I noticed black gook under the coolant hose loop where some veg oil had spilled. I lifted the hose up to inspect, the hose has basically dissolved almost through. Upon lifting it I also noticed cracks in areas not in contact with any veg oil, lifting it a little more revealed the cracks are all the way through and coolant started to leak right out. Glad I found it sitting in my yard and I have a bunch of goodyear coolant hose in my shop. I do have evans coolant that is pressureless. Maybe that helped it not leak until I lifted the hose up?

My point of the post....Periodic inspections of any modifications done to you vehicle is not a bad idea.

[Marv]

Frash, I strongly agree...I did an inspection of all of mine this past weekend.

Believe it or not, I found a couple hoses, one of which was a fuel hose, that showed some signifcant wear on them from vibrating against other things on the truck.

I ended up wrapping the areas with insulation tape to prevent it from getting any worse.

I'll have to keep an eye on it.