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Uping y Hood Yeah, look who that guy is. Well this is fun. Check this out. I Uh, finally put this thing back together and I was driving home and it dumped a bunch of coolant out everywhere and started to overheat.
So I am now stuck at a 7-Eleven and I have no car parts and I brought minimal tools with me I have a hammer and a 7 mm socket and a E, Torx and a ratchet and that. Yeah, I don't have much for tools here. um back seat I don't even have uh seats in there. So ah, now I'm in for it.
Yeah, there's no seats in the back seat Stay Stay Run okay. Got that and I have no tools back here because I cleaned everything out. Uh, the issue that I have is those heater hoses right there. That's a new one and this one got a new connector on the end of it which I don't know if we can see but yeah, it's it's way way back in there.
See that little bit of silver shininess way back there? No, you can't Anyway, there's a connector back there that connects uh, that heater hose to the heater core. I think we can see it from here. Forgive the low light and all that good stuff. Anyway, the thing, uh, does not attach very well.
you can feel it click on and it does have some positive engagement, but uh, well, it comes off Under Pressure So since I have limited resources, I went inside of the store and I got some tape. What I'm going to do is I'm going to tape this hose to the other hose in an effort to kind of keep them together so one of them can't slide off and then pop off of there and I'm going to refill my coolant back up again. uh, with some jugs of water that I got also inside. They had coolant in there, but it was like $26 a gallon and that's redonkulous.
So we're not using that coolant in there I'm just using that and then I'll drain it and fill it later on. So let me throw some tape on this and I'll see if I can't lip this thing home now in order to kind of get a good angle for the dangle. so to speak on this tape I need to get that uh, transmission dipstick tube out of the way. and basically what I'm going to do is I'm going to take those two hoses, pinch them together, and then just tape them up and hopefully the tape will have enough fr on it to prevent uh, the thing from coming off again.
I don't know if it's going to work, but it has to because I'm exactly halfway between my house and the shop and I have really nowhere else to go except forward. So I'm just going to fix this right here right now with some Scotch tape. It's packing tape so it's probably not any good and then, uh, hopefully I can get this thing home I'm going to need to leave the radiator cap loose so it doesn't build a bunch of pressure inside because the thing was fine for 10 15 miles or whatever. And then once it built pressure, the thing let go at a red light and then the low coolant warning indicator became illuminated on my Escalade dash cluster.
And well, you all know the rest of the story here we are. So I Don't expect this to last very long I Just hope it lasts long enough to limp this truck back to the house and then maybe one more time back to the shop afterwards. we'll see what happens here. Tape is installed and a second piece going in just for good measure here just to just so I Feel a little bit better about this, uh, parking lot repair. They didn't have any zip ties or electrical tape so all we got was the packing tape. It is what it is. Okay, so now both of those hoses are tap aped together I'm giving the one a good tug and it's not coming off. so I I Think that's going to be okay for now.
let's go ahead and refill the coolant and get out of here. This is not going to work, but that is ha. Who needs a funnel? Gug gug ging Number two. Are we full yet? Please tell me we're full I Don't want to go buy more water.
seems not full yet. Will this thing pump out 5 gallons of water? It lost all the water. Oh I think we're there. All right? Okay, let's go back inside.
restart the engine Purge this out some and then uh I think we're good to go here. Beginning engine restarting sequence alarm Yeah I think I need another gallon Yer gallon number three Loud noises yeah it's getting dark. Need to get out of here I Was going to get home early today and now I'm I'm doing this. Oops Is that enough? Yep, sure is.
Okay so I can't allow that to pressurize cuz if it pressurizes when it heats up, it'll just blow the hose right back off. tape or no tape. So I'm just going to leave this thing I even know how I'm going to put it on I'm starting to seal. Yeah I think that's probably good.
Okay, throw these in the back in case I've got to do this again. which I hope I don't because I don't even have a flashlight I brought nothing and you go back there. Okay so I found the Achilles heel here. it's that stupid replacement metal connector I put a metal one on there cuz the plastic ones were all like yellow, tinted and super old and I thought the metal one was going to be better but it turns out it's not.
So I Learned: let's get out of here fat. X Gu is looking at me weird cuz I'm talking To myself. ha that was funny. Okay 3M Tape do not fail me.
Temperature is manageable. low coolant warning is not there. yeah that's still there I'll fix that later. All right, let's get out of here.
I Will let you guys know if I make it or if I don't make it. so I only have like one more gallon of water and about 20 miles to go. So I'm going to be real gentle with this thing and try to not build any heat which means I need to stay out of the power which means I need to turn down there we go turn down the pedal monster so we have no additional power creators activated fingers cross. Let's see what happens.
So sad it's in stock mode. Oh no. oh well. all right.
so far so good. still not building heat. Okay okay I smell coolant but I think I'm going to make it has not overheated and I've got like two more miles to go. we're almost there. Almost all right guys. I'm in the home stretch I'm on my road nearly there I still smell some coolant so it is leaking but the heater is still working and the gauge does not say that I'm out of coolant yet So uh I think this is going to be a Successful Failure for the time being I'm going to have to go home, put more tape in it, and then drive it back to work tomorrow. so I can get the proper piece and take away the metal piece that I thought was going to be better than the plastic piece that we put in. but it's not better cuz it doesn't stay connected and uh yeah.
So um, thank you guys for watching this short video. I'm going to go ahead and close this one out right now. Hope you enjoyed this video. Let me know what you think about this situation and uh, aftermarket coolant parts or whatever in the comment section down below.
See you guys later in a video in a transmission in a day.
I'm surprised at the mechanic who decided not to do a high temperature pressure test on his repair before allowing the truck out of the shop LOL
No fun being broke down. I’m glad you figured it out made it home.
Wow! No one was willing to drive you back to your shop and get your tow truck? You are Rayman’s Repair! Guess you need a TV ad so everyone knows your name Ray!
A RoadKill bush fix on the road! I had to tourniquet heater hoses and use ditch drain water once.
Ray, you're a man after my own heart I always find a way to get it home alive 😅
At least you're safe. We never really know how well a part will work until we try it.
just goes to show you things happen and it does not matter who or what you are or do, luckily Ray, you have the knowledge to do a proper repair and the tools and shop to make it a breeze to to do it . these are the times that keeps a person humble and also shows the type of good individual you are.
For future reference: you should use distilled water to top up coolant so you can avoid mineral buildup. But you are also a mechanic who can fix those problems so it’s not such a big deal for you
Nice fix for dumb problem! Surprised you don't carry a small set of tools in the back. I always have duct tape, zip ties and set of tools in my Jeep just in case! Glad you made it home though!
Man…I was on my way home from a trip 5 hours from home with my 03 2500hd pulling my enclosed trailer and one of those stupid plastic heater core nipple to disconnects exploded dumping all of my coolant. I had a bunch of tools in the trailer luckily. Also luckily a good samaritan stopped and gave me a ride to the local parts store which I called and had everything waiting for me when I got there. All in total I was down about 35 minutes. Still was one of those "oh shit I'm many hours from home and this potentially is going to be one hell of a tow fee" as I originally thought my radiator blew before opening the hood.
I truly think they should add a roll of duct tape and some zip ties to the spare tire compartment. It would be used 100x over the tire. Thanks for sharing your fix and expertise as always. Sometimes it just needs to ‘get you home’. 😀. I was super proud of my daughter utilizing zip ties and duct tape for her unplanned off roading repair until she got home.
Nothing more maddening than to try to do a job right 'n the parts fail….
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Reminds me of my last year of college in 1973 when I had my dad's 1965 Buick LeSabre. Great car, heavy, fast and a fantastic people hauler with a huge trunk. I would advertise weekend rides home which was about 100 miles, charge $10 or $15 round trip and fill the car with five people. It was an easy 85-90 mph cruise down the interstate. The only problem was the constant breakdowns but I had a trunk full of parts, and tools and really became an expert at roadside diagnosis and repairs. I can't imagine trying to do that today.
Fixed it with a fohking pencil !
You was on it straight away cool hope you make work shop in morning.
NEVER LEAVE THE SHOP WITHOUT YOUR PLYERS!!!
I've been there before Ray. Glad you made it home
dat suks! glad you made it home.
I remember having a pinhole in a coolant hose in my car a few years back and hadn't noticed I was slowly losing coolant.
It finally overheated on the motorway miles from anywhere and i had nothing at all with me for repairs.
I stopped on the hard shoulder, called a few shops but no-one could be there any time soon. So I walked up and down and found a small discarded plastic bottle and a trough of water for cattle in a field about a half a mile away. I had to walk back and forth quite a few times to fill up the car a half a liter at the time, but that also gave it time to cool down.
It took me over an hour, but i got it refilled and the coolant loss wasn't bad and it got me home.
Turns out a coolant hose was rubbing on the fan belt, just a tiny little bit, but that caused a pinhole that always let a bit of coolant escape.
After replacing the hose, the problem was solved.
That car always had something wrong with it, it left me stranded again in the motorway a while later because a fuel line was drawing air and diesel wasn't delivered to the engine.
That one i couldn't fix, it spend weeks in a small garage and they wanted to fire the parts cannon at it, new sender unit in the tank, new high pressure fuel pump, new injectors, the funny thing is, none of that would have solved the issue.
Funnily enough it was the main Ford dealer that found the problem with the car and fixed it quick and at a reasonable price.
I love watching this kind of video 😊.
Parts these days just SUCK !!
Parts these days just SUCK !!
RIP head gasket
It always sucks with the aftermarket part that's supposed to be an improvement turns out to be a cause of problems. Be thankful you didn't lose the engine with a catastrophic failure at speed in a worse spot. Safety wire? Some discussion with the manufacturer of the metal part is in order as well.
Hafta channel your inner Derek Bieri.
Almost like you could use a tow truck.
that is a shitty situation man. I havent even finished the video but i hope that worked
Those metal fittings aren't always better than the the factory plastic ones. The plastic ones probably lasted 100k miles.
If only you had duct tape. It fixes everything
I would tow you home, I am in Katy Texas it could take a while for me to arrive. LOL I hope you’re roadside repair works.
Scotch Tape the multitool for anything as shown here, well done on getting the beast home mate.
Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘❤❤
You needed to call Wife Unit to bring you the tools to fix it 😀
LoL
had one time rub a belt trough radiator hose. fixed with 2 hose clamps and 1" hose pillars and connector from boatshop. had only my pocket knife with me. just before i had complete set of tools in the car for 2 weeks after heads repair. Took them out as was leaving for airport then when I returned this happend. So not happy but fix stayed in place for 2 years until I sold it.😁
thankyou Ray,,that was a close call..😰😨,,have a good weekend,👍
Freedom factory came to mind when stated in the middle.
Nice thinking with tape.
That's why I always pressure test new hoses and fittings on my customers rides to see if any defects occur before long drives
Too bad you don’t know someone with a flatbed tow truck.
I've one gallon of water and twenty miles to go sounds like the start of a country music song. 🤣🤣🤣
Thats a Chevy for ya. It has major problems pop up at the worse time. Had a use 2001 Chevy Malibu that was a nightmare car from hell. Lol
Well Ray, this is a bummer and a bugger!
Bugger, we didn't get to see Wife Unit tow Ray home.
Take it back to the shop and tell the mechanic you aren't satisfied with his work.
Need the intro music
Love that "Gravity!"
Two rules: 1, never ever travel anywhere without a basic but complete set of tools in the vehicle (set of wrenches, sockets, pliers, screwdrivers, knife). If they have a pink plastic Barbie case they are still better than nothing. 2) Every car should have its own set of tools so no matter which set of keys you grab you will not be stranded. 3) If you are an actual mechanic, travel with a better set of tools since you actually have a clue as to how to use them…..or at least you should.
Ray, you have tools in the shop in duplicate and triplicate and probably more than that. Why would you not have a bag of tools with you at all times? I know….I know….you just gutted the truck like a fresh fish when you are starving……. and have not tried to fill the truck back up with “stuff” yet. That overconfidence bites us all in the ass from time to time.
Don't put experimental parts on your truck. That's a no-brainer.
We’re you using spring water 💦 or distill water?
Darn…
Back in h days, along with a set of points, coil, ballast resistor and other small tidbits, I used to carry 4 feet of heater hose as well. It came in handy when the heater core decided to uncore itself. Just join the outlet to the inlet on the engine and no heater, but it's all good. Ah, the good old days when you could actually see the engine. 🙂
On the bright side, now you know for sure that the new warning light works!
you make a big deal of your great power supply of your truck but when the brown stuff hits the fan you didn't even have a mobile light source . need to fix that
been there done that-my last car got a major hole in the top radiator hose on sunday evening at 11 pm on a holiday weekend and had to use packing tape to hold the hose together to go 28 miles from work to home and of course monday noboby had the hose and it took 4 days for the ford dealer to get the hose and for me to install it
How can you tell if a mechanic has a girlfriend?
He has 2 clean fingers
At least you know your low coolant light works on the new dash Ray😜
6P failure.
6P's = Poor Preparation Promotes Piss Poor Performance
Hey ray, I have an 03 suburban 1500, basically the same under the hood(well, engine aside 😂 )
I had almost the same thing happen, it was that same fitting(OEM plastic, not the fancy metal) blowing apart. I just used a worm clamp to attach it directly to the T fitting, entirely removing that quick release fitting from the hose. I know, it's not good to add that much compression to plastic fittings.. I really hate that design….. but it did work well, and a lot of other burb/tahoe/Silverado folks do the same with good luck.
I know removing stuff like that isnt exactly your style, but eliminating an extra connector that doesnt serve too much purpose(as far as I've seen) isnt always a bad thing.
Just my two cents, if that may help you, or another gmt800 owner who gets stranded from those stupid fittings. It definitely works great in a bind! Hopefully you never have to attempt that roadside repair again tho..
Side thought… I wonder if the metal is expanding when heated up, making that 80% click turn into an unclick??
wow what a coincidence. This week my duramax started running hot at 0 degrees. Both thermostats failed at the same time.
Had an incident with the GMC taking the trash to the transfer station. When I shifted into reverse to back up to the trash compactor there were no detents and I was stuck in drive. I was able to get the scale lady to step on the brake pedal while I hopped out to drop the trash in the hopper. When I got home I found that the shift cable popped off at the lever on the transmission. I need a new lever and a cable bushing.
Get an Uber, go get your two truck
When I had my 07 Tahoe, I had one of those hoses break and I was wondering why I smelled coolant through my vents, drove on that for like 30 minutes, cylinder heads were surprisingly fine lol
Ray I Kid you not, I had almost the same thing happened on my lml a few weeks ago. It was in the same area but a different hose. Thoes are a pain to get too as well
Throw a bag of ice on the engine and pack ice into the coolant reservoir….
Thought that was a snap on truck for a second.
I've done the drive home on an automatic air-cooled conversion a couple of times.
Even in unfortunate circumstances, Ray is making content for us. ❤
I replaced the plastic one with the metal one and haven't had any problems. BUT you can just remove the connector all together and skip the hose over the heat core pipe and hose clamp it down.
Just cut the heater core out of the loop, not really needed in Florida, anyways.
It's a chevy, carry a roll of duct tape and some baling wire and you will never be stranded again. 😅
Tape never works, for more than a few moments/minutes, max… Even "100 MPH Mil-Spec duck tape" it's MF-GD lotz-O luck sucker on the bestest day of your life! Because you got a nearly a 1% chance, in hell of makin'it home on a (insert your favorite, revolting, B.S. sticky'tape fix here) as heat is the enemy/100% killer of any-n-all tape. As it, is subject to 210*F it's 110% over anything that even the very best'est available "tape" will hold up to for more than a very few tenths of mile's and or miniscule moments!
Been there done that and have the over heated engine to prove it! Tape, totally sucks for temp's anything over 60*F and 2 psi, above 90*F, well-yer screwed rather large…
At engine coolant boiling point you is, if all you got is tape in yer tool'box, well, yur better off't just sticken yer thumb out in the air an hitch-hi'ken or… Knowing good an G.D. well you'll burn up a good engine, by press'on, go that n'extra mile or so, before the rods blast a happy little hole out the engine block an stop your dumbass right there.
If only you had a tow truck so you don't risk melt down
Well, I'll be dipped! For a minute there, I thought I was watching an episode of Vice Grip Garage…
Toolbox with No Tools SHAME!!😃
Cell phone has a flash light.
Hell of a way to show off the finished truck…..
ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnooooooooooo
Ohhh sorry that so sucks!
Ingenuity will get you home!Glad you made it
that reminds me of a old 70s movie about 1st nation ppl here they have a old 70s GM holden and the fuel pump breaks down 700km from anywhere so they re routed the windscreen washer bottle line to the fuel pump filled the washer bottle up with gas and held the switch on it saved them lol
2 words. Murphy's law… If it can, it will absolutely bite you right in the ass. Packing tape ftw at least.
I always try to keep a few tools in my vehicle for this.
Duct tape, zip ties, baling wire and a multi-tool. If I have nothing else in the car, I have these at the very least. Can then fix damned near anything enough to limp her home or to a shop. Your phone should have a light on it.
That sux
My Cruze did that a few months ago (puked coolant everywhere)…looked like Predator got sucked into the serpentine belt.
Been there, done that. Makeshift parking lot repairs were a staple of my college days. Water hose repairs with electrical tape. Throttle cables made from bicycle brake lines. I've done it all.
This would be considered a “Come Back”
Does that count as a come back?
Look on the bright side, at least you have a new headliner and carpet 😂
I have an 07 classic 6.0 gas and I just used rubber hose and clamps to fix mine been on there for several years now more problems
Ray call Ray's Repairs he will fix you right up LOL
You should keep a small toolkit under your seat or something
or refil bottles in mens/ladies/whatever room
Been there. Broken fan belt. Nylon stocking found in trash and ran it around the water pump and crank pully. Left alternator out of the loop. Ran on battery. Made it home. Its not what you don't have. It is only what you need.
too bad they didn't have duck tape water runs off a ducks back
Will fit parts. 😡
Morale of the story is always carry a basic tool kit & cable ties plus some electrical tape. I also carry coolant , radiator hoses,heater hoses (been caught out before) oh & a good light source.
Don't take us to raise because Ray will tell everybody how dumb the owner was to do what he did
It's like I'm watching a Vice Grip Garage video.😂
Just like a person's body sometimes rejects a kidney transplant, I think your Silverado is rejecting all those Escalade parts.
right on the next episode of "Just rolled in" … the guy with the duct tape cooler line fix. 😃