scion_jon

On my way back from school I heard a wierd noise while driving and then radiator fluid and smoke started coming out of my hood vent..

I was actually around the corner from my house and made it home safe. Check engine light came on right before i turned off the car

pic of the damage





I will reply back to any comments later on, I am going to toyota to buy a stock hose and new fluid

Neothin

that looks like an issue..........


nothing overheated did it?

O5_TRD_tC

that sucks

engifineer

I was wondering how long it would take for these to fail. Not something I would ever put on my car at all. Hopefully the others with them are luckier.

trdsparks

What exactly is the point of this mod?

tC9o9

its another ricey show mod, thats it.

KINGxOFxSKA

I hope you hosed off and wiped down your engine bay. Dried radiator fluid is not very attractive.

scion_jon

got a rubber hose, was a pita to put on cause those claps are sucky. sprayed down engine and car, the fluid actulay shot through my hood vent.

check engine ligt went away, alsothe temperature seems too be fine, i was informed to take it for a little drive, and see how it does.

hotweelz4me

x2 and from what I remember these arent cheap. I would look into getting some retrobution.

engifineer

Which clamps? If they are the constant pressure type (the ones with no screw, only a couple of tabs to squeeze them open) then those are not crappy. Those are about the best hose clamps you can find. Screw type clamps loosen as the hose shrinks. The ones I mention dont, so they are less likely to leak.

hawgs74

Talk to KillerGlass -- They have good customer service

SquallLHeart

there's little chance of failure if it was installed correctly.

i've seen the killerglass hoses and the heat shrink tubing that they provide. the quality on them is insane.... especially the work necessary involved into making these items and manipulating pyrex glass.

(specialized torches... and liquid cooled full body suits )

looks more like you didn't cover enough of the glass hose when you installed it.. thus not providing a good enough seal... thus why the hose was able to come out like that.

cause was install error.
you'll probably just need to get some new heat shrink hose thingys and reinstall it.

hashmanson76

just wondering who installed it for you? do u know how they installed it? did they use a heat gun for those hose "clamps"same thing happend to me but it was cause the installer made a big mistake now its just fine installed right and no problems been ok for about 15,000 miles now

SquallLHeart

^^ make the installer pay..... make them buy the new heat shrink hose clamp things...

also.... those special hoses are from what i heard are very hard to find as killerglass's supplier/manufacturer of those things can't keep up with their demand. (and they're the only customer for them?!)

rogcjms

damn that sucks Jon! glad u got it taken care of. I know you got it installed at Toyota i believe...do u still have the Killer Glass hose? You should call Killer Glass and see what they can do for you...

SquallLHeart

all i can think that they can do is to provide you with new heat shrink hose clamp things.. and possibly charge you for them.

at which point.... you have said installer pay for their mishap... and then re-install it yourself... that is unless you did install it the first time around...

at which point you pay... and just install it correctly the 2nd time. lesson learned.

scion_jon

i had the dealer install it, yes flame me lol.

from the apperance of the piece that came off, the hose was cut incorrectly, and the heat shrink didnt have that much bite.

i talke dto the dealer and they were very sorry for this, gave me a new stock hose and 2 gallons of fluid.

the clamps are the tab ones, and they sucked to get on, i did use clamps, but it was hard toget it along with the rubber on the mounting point, but after trial and error, and some juevos it went on.

i cleaned the engine, and the whole car so im good to go, ran the car for a while, check engine light went off, and went for a spin around the block, everything is all good

scion_jon

dont worry thats just water, i whipped it up after the pic


yes i need tire shine i know
the whole hood and windshield were sprayed but its all better now

hashmanson76

nice, damn i just hated all that coolant that sat thier on the tranny and stianed the metal

engifineer

Those clamps are a bit of a pain, but very good clamps as far as reliability. They actually make a flexible tool that opens them and locks so you can manuever them around, get them in place, then release the lock on the tools handle to let them clamp again. But a pair of channel locks with the slightly hooked nose works great on them too