Hi,
I recently had a new radiator installed into my Brera - garage have been excellent thus far. Drove it home circa 5 miles at city traffic pace that night, and the following night took it across town slowly again.
Noticed thermostat climbling on second trip, popped the hood and coolant was 98% empty - smoke starting to come from eninge bay. Filled it with water (couldn't get paraflu at that hour) - got it another 1/2 mile popped the bonnet, refilled and noticed it was ****ing out of the radiator hose - the hose hadn't completey dislodged but enough that the fluid was spraying out. I pushed it back on and took two pictures when I noticed there was no clip on the hose (see pics)
Garage rang back today and suggested a new thermostat - and that internal pressure had blown the clip clear off the hose - leaving no damage to the hose (see pictures)
As I said, these guys know their stuff - but how feasible is it that the kind of pressure required to completely blow a hose clip off would leave no other sign of damage?
I think they forgot to put it on and are not admitting to it?
Al
I recently had a new radiator installed into my Brera - garage have been excellent thus far. Drove it home circa 5 miles at city traffic pace that night, and the following night took it across town slowly again.
Noticed thermostat climbling on second trip, popped the hood and coolant was 98% empty - smoke starting to come from eninge bay. Filled it with water (couldn't get paraflu at that hour) - got it another 1/2 mile popped the bonnet, refilled and noticed it was ****ing out of the radiator hose - the hose hadn't completey dislodged but enough that the fluid was spraying out. I pushed it back on and took two pictures when I noticed there was no clip on the hose (see pics)
Garage rang back today and suggested a new thermostat - and that internal pressure had blown the clip clear off the hose - leaving no damage to the hose (see pictures)
As I said, these guys know their stuff - but how feasible is it that the kind of pressure required to completely blow a hose clip off would leave no other sign of damage?
I think they forgot to put it on and are not admitting to it?
Al