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I have driven my new to me 1995 Subaru LIberty for 1000km and its blows the top radiator hose. I cought it early when I noticed the temp guage was at 3/4 instead of just under half. Going over to the other side of town to fix it this arvo. I supose this was just unlucky or something more sinister? I got some tectalloy coolent from repco this alright for my engine? 50/50 mix recomended

Yeah that Tecta alloy stuff should be good. A radiator hose blowing - it could have been that its one from the factory and has finally failed. Or it could be that it was one from the factory and you have a leaking headgasket that's pressurising the cooling system. I'm not sure how common this is with the EJ's but I do know that the EA's a prone for headgaskets.

How many k's has the car done?

Cheers

Bennie

would be a good idea to change the thermosate as well, maybe be seized shut and pressurizing the rad

the rad hose is 13 years old. What can you expect! Its just one of those things that happens unfortunately.

alex

Yeh i thought as much alex. What a bugger it is to refill an ej22 with coolent, ended up pouring it down the air relief screw on the opposat rad. tank to the cap, after toping up from cap of course. I will see how she goes but seems to be working back at regular opperating temp. oh yeh only 160k km

Atleast u noticed before any big damage was done to.

Maybe long time due service!
EJ22s doesnt blow any hoses unless they're old..
Cheers
AP

yeh the hose is old, it has that white coating that subaru puts on their coolent pipes. The ej22 has been very well looked after full subaru service history, It is hard to find an oil leak on it, and the only one is just oil vapour below the ps pump. I recon this is a good life from a 15 yo piece of rubber also the top hose runs hotter too so. I am thinking of doing the thermostat and rad cap tho just for peice of mind.

on speedo what are the numbers (1)@40km/h (2)@80km/h and (3)@110km/h on the brumby's