Originally Posted by
onehundred80
There is no spare tire.
I would fix that hose to the overflow tank, blocking both ends needs to be done, so why not add the nipple and be done with it.
have just screwed in the nipple and not cut the slots in it.
If you do not block both ends you will have no pressure in the radiator and she will blow a lot of coolant.
My temporary fix was initially a failure. I tried to pinch off the hose with a larger hose clamp. This like quoted above, spewed coolant everywhere and collapsed one radiator hose.
Rethinking, I found the small hose had a short piece of copper pipe stuck in it from a previous repair. So I pulled that out, reclamped it while extending what I can (about two inches) and then on the tanks side, made the broken nipple hole just big enough for this pipe, then I duct taped it secured.
Seems to work, as I was testing it out the low coolant light came on. I went to add coolant and the reservoir cap did have "some" pressure.