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Had a coolant hose blow 60 miles outside of El Paso last Tuesday at 3am
I was dead set on getting it patched with duct tape and zipties to limp home but my partner insisted we call a tow, and after the shop charged me $380 for a new hose and labor I'm wondering if the temporary fix would've actually held up for the drive back - has anyone else gambled on a roadside patch and had it actually work?
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taylor_moore17d ago
My buddy tried the duct tape and ziptie trick on his old Camry once, actually made it about 30 miles before the tape melted and the hose split again on a highway offramp. That was a mess, basically flooded the engine bay with coolant and he ended up stranded for like 4 hours waiting on a second tow. Your $380 bill sounds rough but honestly that's pretty standard for a middle-of-nowhere emergency repair, especially if they had to order the hose or something. I learned the hard way that those patches are a true gamble, like you might get lucky if it's just a pinhole leak but a full blowout is too much pressure for tape to handle.
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