Help lower radiator hose keeps coming off

**bail** · July 18th, 2015 08:01 PM

I am sure the clamp was so tight and i already change the radiator cap and thermostat but my car would overheat because natatanggal yung lower radiator hose. I doubt if head gasket issue since no white smoke naman. These are the weird signs lang nman na nakita ko sa car ko:

> may bubbles sa oil ng dipstick when engine is running. Tapos bawas ang oil. If off ang car pero mainit pa engine full nman ang oil and no bubbles. Oil is brown nman.

> rattling sound when accelerating but only if matagal na tumatakbo

> bumubuga ng wetness ang muffler if idle engine but konti lang nman

> i can hear tik tik tik or parang flapping sound sa engine but not loud i dont know if this is normal.

Car is corolla 1997 gli 1.6. 107k mileage. Using water only as coolant.

**Lew_Alcindor** · July 18th, 2015 08:06 PM

Brown oil sometimes mean water is mixing with it.

**jick.cejoco** · July 18th, 2015 08:06 PM

Which end of the lower radiator hose gets dislodged? Is the lower rad hose oil soaked

**bail** · July 19th, 2015 12:23 AM

No presence of oil naman even on the radiator cap. Lower hose the one connected to the thermostat.

**midnytwarrior** · July 19th, 2015 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by bail

I am sure the clamp was so tight and i already change the radiator cap and thermostat but my car would overheat because natatanggal yung lower radiator hose. I doubt if head gasket issue since no white smoke naman. These are the weird signs lang nman na nakita ko sa car ko:

> may bubbles sa oil ng dipstick when engine is running. Tapos bawas ang oil. If off ang car pero mainit pa engine full nman ang oil and no bubbles. Oil is brown nman.

> rattling sound when accelerating but only if matagal na tumatakbo

> bumubuga ng wetness ang muffler if idle engine but konti lang nman

> i can hear tik tik tik or parang flapping sound sa engine but not loud i dont know if this is normal.

Car is corolla 1997 gli 1.6. 107k mileage. Using water only as coolant.

Ok ba yun hose clamp? Baka luma na at hinde na kumakapit.
Naka install pa ba yun thermostat valve?
Rattling as in parang "tope"?

Or you can try this:
Remove radiator cap, then start engine, then check mo kung sumsuka ng tubig yun radiator habang nag start ka pa lang or kahit umaandar na yun engine.
Pag sumusuka kahit hinde overheat meaning may singaw head gasket mo.

Next time, use premix or water mixed with concentrate radiator coolant. Water is good for removing heat, but yun chemical mixture is para sa protection ng metal parts ng cooling system(aluminum) to prevent corrosion.

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Originally Posted by bail

I am sure the clamp was so tight and i already change the radiator cap and thermostat but my car would overheat because natatanggal yung lower radiator hose. I doubt if head gasket issue since no white smoke naman. These are the weird signs lang nman na nakita ko sa car ko:

> may bubbles sa oil ng dipstick when engine is running. Tapos bawas ang oil. If off ang car pero mainit pa engine full nman ang oil and no bubbles. Oil is brown nman.

> rattling sound when accelerating but only if matagal na tumatakbo

> bumubuga ng wetness ang muffler if idle engine but konti lang nman

> i can hear tik tik tik or parang flapping sound sa engine but not loud i dont know if this is normal.

Car is corolla 1997 gli 1.6. 107k mileage. Using water only as coolant.

Ok ba yun hose clamp? Baka luma na at hinde na kumakapit.
Naka install pa ba yun thermostat valve?
Rattling as in parang "tope"?

Or you can try this:
Remove radiator cap, then start engine, then check mo kung sumsuka ng tubig yun radiator habang nag start ka pa lang or kahit umaandar na yun engine.
Pag sumusuka kahit hinde overheat meaning may singaw head gasket mo.

Next time, use premix or water mixed with concentrate radiator coolant. Water is good for removing heat, but yun chemical mixture is para sa protection ng metal parts ng cooling system(aluminum) to prevent corrosion.

**jick.cejoco** · July 19th, 2015 06:19 AM

Have the cooling system and the radiator cap tested. The cap is designed to relieve pressure at 0.9 kg/sq.cm. or approx. 13 psig. The system should hold at least 10% of the rad cap opening pressure

**bail** · July 20th, 2015 12:52 AM

Thanks sa feedbacks will check on it. Btw mahal ba ang labor sa pagpalit ng head gasket and cylinder head?

**jaypee10** · July 20th, 2015 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by bail

Thanks sa feedbacks will check on it. Btw mahal ba ang labor sa pagpalit ng head gasket and cylinder head?

labor 3k

tapos head gasket mga nasa 1k

machine shop reface para sigurado..1,3k

gayak ka ng mga 10k para sigurado palit kana din ng valve seal..

**bail** · July 21st, 2015 11:05 AM

Can you recommend a shop?

**7138** · July 21st, 2015 11:22 AM

TS, check first if meron nga singaw ang headgasket,

bring your car to operating temperature,
and check your coolant reserve, if kumukulo ang tubig or coolant dun,
yun ang siguradong may singaw ang head gasket,
and check your oil if may halong tubig, google mo lang kung ano itsura ng
oil pag may halong tubig or coolant for your reference.

pag nag cold start na tanggal ang rad cap, talagang tatapon ang tubig
from the radiator opening, natural lang yun kasi may thermostat, sarado pa kasi yun

check also yung kinakapitan ng clamp sa radiator mo, mahigpit nga yung clamp,
pero kung yung kinakapitan sa ilalim may punit or something that weakens the grip
of the clamp itself, talagang bibitaw yun sa pressure and init na dumadaan dun.