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Need replacement every 10 years to be safe as evidenced above.  |
Fair point. I suppose it depends on the car. Many moons ago, I had a S2K that I sold to a buddy. 18 years later, he is still on the original radiator/hoses at 201K miles.
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Originally Posted by Tractionless
It blows my mind owners will replace galley gaskets (at substantial cost and time) without even investigating oil pressure values but ignore old belts and hoses.
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I thought the gallery gasket going bad was a "not likely" scenario that applied to mainly '09 to '12 models?
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Originally Posted by Tractionless
It takes 15 mins. max, no need to drain down the system etc. I just removed the hose from the high side first, dumped all coolant out of it, replaced with metal, burped the system, and topped off.
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So the old coolant doesn't need to be drained/replaced? I figured if replacing the hoses, might as well replace the coolant, radiator, and thermostat.
For metal hoses, is there a way to see if they are pressurized?