In an emergency to get one home etc, would electrical ties hold a rad hose on, if one of the hose clamps broke?
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Sign up to join this communityIn an emergency to get one home etc, would electrical ties hold a rad hose on, if one of the hose clamps broke?
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If you mean will it keep the pressure in the system, I'd think not, though that'd be an educated guess. There's two things which are working against you here. First, you cannot get the cable tie tight enough. They just won't allow you to. Secondly, as everything heats up, the cable tie will get soft and expand. In both cases, the coolant when it gets up to temp and the system is pressurized, will press coolant past where your makeshift hose clamp is at.
With that said, if I was in a bit of a twixt, I'd try it. Start your vehicle from an absolute cold standpoint, put two or three zip ties around the hose, where the ends of the ties are in different places around the hose, then drive to where you need to go. I'd bet it's going to leak, however, it might get you there. I wouldn't put any bets on it, though.
Well it worked. Two large zip ties on the bottom hose, after one of those Ford spring hose clips broke. Got me to work, where i fitted a proper hose clip.
Slackened off the filler cap abit when driving.