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I was going up hill on a dirt road that ascends for about 5 miles. Nothing to abnormal or really steep, it is an improved or graded dirt road. I pulled a pop-up trailer up this road the day before without issue. I did notice that it was running a little warmer than it was earlier but not in the red or close to it. I was not going very fast about 25 mph when I started loosing power, not cutting out but just not speeding up when getting on the gas pedal. Suddenly steam started coming out from under the hood. That was when a heater hose went. The top heater hose that goes back to the over flow tank ruptured right next to the housing that holds the thermostat. It ruptured from extreme pressure not wear. Luckily there was a stream right off the side of the road and I was able to get water and a passerby gave me a full bottle of anti-freeze. He wouldn’t take any money for it just said to help out the next guy. People in Colorado are cool that way.
I let the motor cool down, trimmed back the heater hose and put it back on. I pulled the top radiator hose and filled it as much as I could. Put it all back together and it seemed to run cooler than it did before the break. I thought everything was going to be okay. Well I was wrong. I was able to pull the trailer back off the mountain (it is all downhill) and get back to my house. I let it sit for a few hours and went to start it back up again and it died as soon as I gave it gas. It started right back up and I took off. I got a few miles down the road and it was overheating. I turned back around and headed for the house. Once I got it parked it boiled over from the overflow tank and was in the red.
From my experience with motors this leads me to believe that the thermostat sticking or closing. It did it once and blew the hose apart and the next time it gave way at the overflow tank. I am not really positive that is the culprit but I am going to pull the thermostat out and see if it does it again. If not there must be some blockage in the cooling system that caused this. The water pump is fairly new, about 5,000 miles old. There is no coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. The lower hose that is known to collapse looks good and I can feel the spring in it.
If anyone has had the same type of problem or has seen this before please post a reply with the cause and cure. I will keep you all up to date with what I find. I seem to fix one problem only to have another show up.
[addsig]
I was going up hill on a dirt road that ascends for about 5 miles. Nothing to abnormal or really steep, it is an improved or graded dirt road. I pulled a pop-up trailer up this road the day before without issue. I did notice that it was running a little warmer than it was earlier but not in the red or close to it. I was not going very fast about 25 mph when I started loosing power, not cutting out but just not speeding up when getting on the gas pedal. Suddenly steam started coming out from under the hood. That was when a heater hose went. The top heater hose that goes back to the over flow tank ruptured right next to the housing that holds the thermostat. It ruptured from extreme pressure not wear. Luckily there was a stream right off the side of the road and I was able to get water and a passerby gave me a full bottle of anti-freeze. He wouldn’t take any money for it just said to help out the next guy. People in Colorado are cool that way.
I let the motor cool down, trimmed back the heater hose and put it back on. I pulled the top radiator hose and filled it as much as I could. Put it all back together and it seemed to run cooler than it did before the break. I thought everything was going to be okay. Well I was wrong. I was able to pull the trailer back off the mountain (it is all downhill) and get back to my house. I let it sit for a few hours and went to start it back up again and it died as soon as I gave it gas. It started right back up and I took off. I got a few miles down the road and it was overheating. I turned back around and headed for the house. Once I got it parked it boiled over from the overflow tank and was in the red.
From my experience with motors this leads me to believe that the thermostat sticking or closing. It did it once and blew the hose apart and the next time it gave way at the overflow tank. I am not really positive that is the culprit but I am going to pull the thermostat out and see if it does it again. If not there must be some blockage in the cooling system that caused this. The water pump is fairly new, about 5,000 miles old. There is no coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. The lower hose that is known to collapse looks good and I can feel the spring in it.
If anyone has had the same type of problem or has seen this before please post a reply with the cause and cure. I will keep you all up to date with what I find. I seem to fix one problem only to have another show up.
[addsig]
If I have to tear it apart to fix it I will let you all know how it goes.
