lol yeah, and to top off that day after being annoyed on how long a simple fix should have been, we took my car to the store later that night and was maybe gone for a half hour. We were going to drop off groceries at the house and go back out to get something to eat and my wfie say, you're car is leaking something. So I get out and a trail of coolant coming up my driveway. Pop the hood and I noticed that I didnt tighten the hose clamp on the lower radiator hose. I double checked everything but that I guess. All the other clamps are still the stock pinch clamp but on the bottom I have the ones that you you tighten with a screwdriver or socket. We look down the street and see a trail of coolant. So now off to the store to buy new coolant (in her car of course) but as we left I noticed the hose popped off only about 5 house down the street. I was very lucky it stayed on that long. Just a bad day.
One more question though, after I changed that earlier in the day and started up my car in the driveway and later when I drove it, I noticed the temp rises my quicker that it has been in the past. So I'm wondering if my old parts were bad for a while and didnt show the correct temp? This morning on my was to work it got to 210 within a few miles of driving on the freeway, its low 60s in the morning too. Before I changed the sensor and thermostat I could make it all the way to work and it might read 210 but on a cool morning maybe not. Its a 30 min ride to work too. My car have been like that for the past few years for sure so I dont remember if it used to rise that fast. Does that sound normal? or does it sound like I have a defective new parts. I did bleed the system once and have had to top off the coolant twice so far, would air in the system cause and weirdness?
