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02-19-2012, 08:59 PM
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Location: Chesterfield, Va.
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Learned new lesson today
I went to the Advance, and bought new heater hoses. The name brand Thermold. After an hour of running, I noticed some coolant drops on the new hoses. PINHOLES about every foot in the hoses. What the Hell man? I called Advance and they happily replaced the hoses. I swapped them out, and same thing. Pinholes every foot. I got a refund on them and went to a local Mom & Pop parts house and got some Goodyear hoses. OK, today, the radiator hoses started the same thing, same pinholes. Brand name....THERMOLD. So I got some Gates hoses and I am trucking again. Now we are good to go. No More Thermold brand nothing for me. I found that Oriellys sells Thermold too. ... Cheap CRAPOLA.
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02-19-2012, 09:21 PM
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Re: Learned new lesson today
I drive past Advance to get to NAPA, NAPA's the only way to go !
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02-19-2012, 10:02 PM
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Re: Learned new lesson today
dang Rick thats crazy...thanks for the warning
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02-19-2012, 10:10 PM
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Re: Learned new lesson today
I just got off the phone with a friend that has a 56 chevy. He lives about 15-20 miles away and shops at O'reillys. He replaced his hoses 3 weeks ago. After I told him what I had been thru in the past day or two, he went outside to see if his hoses had the holes in them that I referred to... YUP, sure did and a trail of coolant dripping down his frame and Thermold in white letters. At least I know that it is not just me.
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02-19-2012, 10:12 PM
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Re: Learned new lesson today
That seems like a pretty serious flaw, I'm surprised no one has brought this up to the company before.
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