Hey guys,
Iv had a terrible few weeks, been worked off my ass flat out working from about 8:30am-2am most days except weekends, to make things worse I went out to see a client of mine tonight, which i was hoping to just see quickly and go home. When I got to his house I noticed a hissing coming from my engine after I had turned the car off, so i popped the bonnet to take a look to find the top coolant hose from my radiator to my engine has a small pin size hole in it spraying out coolant. At this stage I was like fark, so I used some tape to block up the hole before I left to go home from my clients house, hoping I could just get home without any issues, so i baybed it almost all the way home, until I came to a hill and my temp gauge spiked right to the top. I pulled over at 11pm. Rang my dad, obviously he wasn't too Happy about this and he came by with some water and coolant. We topped my radiator up and drove it around the corner to my mechanics place (temp stayed on half all the way there)
Now I'm a little panicky, would I have hurt my engine at all? (total driving time was around 15 mins) temp gauge only spiked once and I stopped immediately.
Also now scared for my car (and more importantly my wallet)iv decided to change all my coolant hoses and change the thermostat.
http://www.gccorp.com.au/automotive/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=61For anyone who's changed their hoses (I know some of you have)
Does this Coolant hose overhall kit have all the hoses from radiator to engine, or is it only the hoses on the back of the engine under the intake manifold?
Also how hard it it going to be for my mechanic to change the hoses at the back, it it gonna take hours and am I gonna get charged an arm and a leg?
Also I'm thinking of getting one of those nismo radiator caps cause apparently they help in cooling by increasing the boiling point or some shit or is that just a gimmick?
Also any othe advice please tell me!