Thread: V8 Coolant Hose temp ? Engine Smell?

Thanks for the report Diesel

oh and an apology to all about the loud fonts,,
have been trying Opera,, cant seem to get my usual one right,,

Just to close this off. The coolant and hot smell was coming from the top hose which was on it's way out. It was very swollen split in the car park of the garage i service it at! How lucky was that!

I had my radiator serviced/rodded out and coolant flushed. New top hose and thermostat and viscous coupling clean and checked. The report said my rad was 40% sludged from the bottom up.

Yesterday it was 34 in Sydney and I was sitting in traffic with the AirCon on re-cycle driving like this for over an hour. Car did not even smell hot when i got it back home into the garage :-) It's running very sweet!.