My truck likes to scare me every 5 or 6 years

[MastuhWaffles]

I know my truck is running on 19 years old so, shes getting a little old but I do maintain it and I dont usually have issues. Though things break and a long time ago my trucks thermostat housing exploded (literally) twice and after replacing that with a quality part I havent had issues since.

Well today I was out an about and saw the temp spike, pulled over and shut it down just as the red warning light was coming on. The thermostat housing wasnt leaking and I was really worried this might have been the headgasket going.

I carry a jug of coolant with my so I let it cool down, filled it up and limped it home. At home I filled the radiator completley with water started it up and sure enough I saw the leak.

Turns out one of the heater hoses had been punctured by a clamp and and was spewing water. So, truck is still fine and will live to see another day with a new oem 20 dollar hose. (gonna change clamps to keep that from happening again as well)

 

[bobbywalter]

clamps will always ruin the hose or fail clamping allowing the hose to pop off over a long enough timeline. faster in freeze thaw environments or extreme heat.

periodic replacement is a thing. pm.

2 years 5 years 25 years.....sometimes exceeding 30....

the newer the crappier though.

a hose made today wont be around in 70 years.....but i have seen detroit diesel hoses and flathead v8s that were still working.