HORSBYT Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I'm posting this as a head's up to everyone. I went on a GREAT cruise yesterday for about 2 hours up in the mountains. I was way out of the way of any populated areas and carving up and down the turns nicely. The weather was perfect and the air cool. The Shelby handled it all very well. Until, I hit a 3-mile flat straight and noticed "smoke" pouring out the rear. I had just replaced axle seals (Thank you Willow for tearing those up!) and I thought it might be an issue again. I backed off the throttle and the "smoke" subsided. I coasted into town and found an open gas station. Popped the hood and found coolant all over the firewall. Opened the reservoir and found it empty. Checked all the hoses and didnt' see anything. A local guy pulled up and we started talking and he thought it may have been a heater hose since it was along the firewall. Until, we found that it was actually a hose clamp on a piece of tubing from the coolant crossover that runs underneath the Whipple snout. There's a male-male sleeve that fits into two ends of the hose. The one clamp which is plastic? had acutally come loose? After awhile I figured it would be from the heat maybe? Anyway, I thought i'd give you all a heads up to check your hoses and especially your clamps.... And especially the Whipple guys. It's the house from the crossover and runs parrallel to the fuel rails on the passenger side. Needless to say, re-clamped, threw some coolant in and ran back down the mountain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark17357 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Cliff, Glad you caught it before any damage was done. Thanks for the heads up. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewnagle1964 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 .... And especially the Whipple guys. It's the house from the crossover and runs parrallel to the fuel rails on the passenger side. Thanks for the heads up ! Glad everything worked out okay Take Care Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanx Horsbyt, I'll certainly check it out while I'm puttting the new belt on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC2873 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 thanks for the heads up. I'll check mine today.....Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBRA SCOTTY Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 I SURE DO APPRECIATE THE HEADS UP ON THE HOSE CLAMPS. THANKS, SCOTTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowCar Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 Very Good information. Its good that nothing happened. We changed the clamps during our whipple install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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