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From: C. E. White on 5 Apr 2010 08:18 "in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cc9d7307-7ad6-4a79-ac6e-7371b08a6208(a)q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Is there any way I can indentify if I have the original radiiator > hoses on a 2001 camry? I'm not sure if they were ever changed. They > have the original clamps on them. Would the original hoses last > almost > 170k miles? Thanks My 30 year old Farm tractor (purchased in 1981) has the original engine to heater core hoses. I did replace thje main radiator hoses onece, about 20 years ago. I still have the originals on the shelf as emergency spares. Hoses are much better now than they were in the 50's. Unless they are subject to some sort of mechanical strain, I think most hoses are good for at least 10 years, even if you are the cautious sort. The mileage factor will have some effect, particularly for hoses that are subject to repeated flexing becasue of engine movement, but I don't see any reason why the hoses on your Camry can't be the originals. While I was typing this I was trying to remember the last time I replaced a radiator hose becasue it failed. I think it was probably in 1994 or so. My 1986 Sable would occasionaly heat a heater hose that ran between the engine and the firewall. The hose was a short formed elbow and was contnually flexed. I am sure my Sister never changed any hoses in her 1997 Honda Civic over the ten years and 150,000 miles she owned it. I haven't changed a hose on anything I've owned since the Sable, including a 1992 F150 that I sold after 14 years. When sold it still had the original hoses. Ed
From: in2dadark on 6 Apr 2010 16:04 On Apr 5, 8:18 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > "in2dadark" <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:cc9d7307-7ad6-4a79-ac6e-7371b08a6208(a)q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > > Is there any way I can indentify if I have the original radiiator > > hoses on a 2001 camry? I'm not sure if they were ever changed. They > > have the original clamps on them. Would the original hoses last > > almost > > 170k miles? Thanks > > My 30 year old Farm tractor (purchased in 1981) has the original > engine to heater core hoses. I did replace thje main radiator hoses > onece, about 20 years ago. I still have the originals on the shelf as > emergency spares. Hoses are much better now than they were in the > 50's. Unless they are subject to some sort of mechanical strain, I > think most hoses are good for at least 10 years, even if you are the > cautious sort. The mileage factor will have some effect, particularly > for hoses that are subject to repeated flexing becasue of engine > movement, but I don't see any reason why the hoses on your Camry > can't be the originals. While I was typing this I was trying to > remember the last time I replaced a radiator hose becasue it failed. I > think it was probably in 1994 or so. My 1986 Sable would occasionaly > heat a heater hose that ran between the engine and the firewall. The > hose was a short formed elbow and was contnually flexed. I am sure my > Sister never changed any hoses in her 1997 Honda Civic over the ten > years and 150,000 miles she owned it. I haven't changed a hose on > anything I've owned since the Sable, including a 1992 F150 that I sold > after 14 years. When sold it still had the original hoses. > > Ed Hmm. Interesting. I guess I'll leave them be. They look fine. Got to make my biannual pilgramage soon and don't want to be stuck on the side of the road in bum f##k Georgia...
From: C. E. White on 6 Apr 2010 16:22
"in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:b936a624-6a1d-4031-9326-64e99b07285f(a)x3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Hmm. Interesting. I guess I'll leave them be. They look fine. Got > to > make my biannual pilgramage soon and don't want to be stuck on the > side of the road in bum f##k Georgia... You should do what makes you comfortable. If the anti-freeze looks old, you could replace that and all the hoses. Of course if Honda does "unual" things like Ford and hides a water hose under the intake manifold in a V8, then you probably won't get them all. I always figured if a hose failed on my 1997 Expedition, it would be the one under the intake. It never did, but Murphy's Law says if you replace all the hoses you see, there will probably still be one that fails that you didn't see. And then there is the whole question of what is more likely to fail, the hoses or the plastic radiator tanks most cars use now. At least the Expedition had a limp home mode that allowed you to drive up to 50 miles at 50 mph even with no water in the radiator. Never tried it out though. Ed |