Radiator Drain Question
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Radiator Drain Question
I am about to drain and refill the coolant system. I have the manual and am about to remove the clamp from the lower hose to drain the fluid.
The clamp is one of those that you pinch two tangs together to remove. I worry that reusing the old clamp may leak. I kind of like the clamps that you screw on like a radiator clamp.
Has anyone reused the old clamp, and did it have enough pinch left to keep it from leaking, or did you just buy a stainless steel clamp from True Value hardware and be done with it?
The clamp is one of those that you pinch two tangs together to remove. I worry that reusing the old clamp may leak. I kind of like the clamps that you screw on like a radiator clamp.
Has anyone reused the old clamp, and did it have enough pinch left to keep it from leaking, or did you just buy a stainless steel clamp from True Value hardware and be done with it?
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There are two types of hose clamps on the TwinCool system some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...cmQWrQLbBRjA_A
and some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...YcjIqnPx2hpdrQ
I removed all of the ones that look like the first group and replaced them with lined gear drive hose clamps. All the hose clamps that are hidden by the lowers look like them.
The second style are fine to reuse IMO.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...cmQWrQLbBRjA_A
and some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...YcjIqnPx2hpdrQ
I removed all of the ones that look like the first group and replaced them with lined gear drive hose clamps. All the hose clamps that are hidden by the lowers look like them.
The second style are fine to reuse IMO.
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Second Type
There are two types of hose clamps on the TwinCool system some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...cmQWrQLbBRjA_A
and some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...YcjIqnPx2hpdrQ
I removed all of the ones that look like the first group and replaced them with lined gear drive hose clamps. All the hose clamps that are hidden by the lowers look like them.
The second style are fine to reuse IMO.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...cmQWrQLbBRjA_A
and some look like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...YcjIqnPx2hpdrQ
I removed all of the ones that look like the first group and replaced them with lined gear drive hose clamps. All the hose clamps that are hidden by the lowers look like them.
The second style are fine to reuse IMO.
According to the manual, the one clamp that needs to be removed is the second type. I just hate to do the job, add new fluid, and then find I need a new clamp because the clamp is leaking. Seems that enough have reused the same clamp and so that's what I will do as I don't have one that would fit. Thanks
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