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Originally Posted by bonitanaty
Any leaks since? I'm due for an inspection this month, but have had a slow leak since last summer. I'm hoping the $1 clamp would fix the problem. THANK YOU for posting!!
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As of today there is no leaks at all. It has been one year now.
If you ask any car mechanic or dealership, they never do it and never advise the way I did it. They are in the business of making money for their own life. Look at on this thread itself, and they are suggesting replacing the hose so that they can sell the parts to make some money.
When you buy a clamp, get a correct size for that hose diameter. Don't use an oversized clamp.
Also, when you tighten it, don't tighten it too much to avoid any damage to the hose. Start with just enough force with your three fingers on the screw driver. Then clean that area dry to see any leaks later. Check again after one week drive. If there is any leak, tighten it by a half turn and check again later.
In my case, the first time I tightened it was enough to stop the leak.
I can’t help to get into some other subject here:
A car mechanic and dealerships are like a doctor and a hospital. If you go to a doctor with some problem, they will do all the unnecessary test and procedure on us to collect maximum money from the insurance, even if they know that it is a simple thing.
I have few incidents with them.
1. When I had a pain in my ear, I went to one specialist. First they did a hearing test. Then the doctor looked into my ear with a Scope. When I said I have pain along the skin area, he said, oh, we have to look inside your throat to see what is going on there. I was afraid of any hearing loss, so I agreed. Then the nurse did a local anaesthesia through my nose and he put a Scope through my nose all the way down to my throat. I suffered through that procedure and couldn’t speak to the doctor for the next five minutes until the effect of that anaesthesia went away.
He couldn’t find anything wrong. I suggested that it maybe an ear infection why don’t you give me an antibiotic. Then he gave me the prescription and my pain went away. It happened about 15 yrs ago and I have no problem with my ear until today. A normal healthy man with normal hearing and eye sight!
He collected about $750 from my visit to prescribe an antibiotic. Basically, he exploited my ignorance about that subject and used the usual fear tactics to cave me into his suggestive procedures.
2. I had a wart on my forearm about 25 yrs ago. I went to a doctor, he said, no problem we can take it out. I asked him what procedure? He said it is better to take off the wart by a surgery. I told him why don’t you use liquid nitrogen to freeze it? He said that it will come back again. So, I caved into his method. He made an incision and took off the flesh. Then he put three stitches. He collected some money out of that procedure and left a scar on my arm. After few years it came back again. I went to a dermatologist. I explained to her what the other guy did and she laughed. She sprayed the liquid nitrogen, that’s all she did and it has gone.
3. I had a pimple on my back exactly on the vertebrae. I can’t reach my both hands to squeeze it. It had been itching for months and I had been scratching it like a monkey. Finally, I went to the same dermatologist in the above incident. The nurse said, it has to be removed through a surgery and then need few stitches that they can’t do it there. The doctor came and she said the same. I suggested making a hole with a needle to squeeze out the pus. Then she said it will not remove completely; it will come back again. I said, why don’t we try it since I have done it on other parts of body where my hands can reach. She laughed and looked at me, finally she agreed and did it. She charged her consultation fee of $90 and $50 for the procedure.
I have no problem from that as of now. It has been about 7 yrs.
There are lots of things like this in our life can be solved by very simple approach. But the professionals never suggest the simple way. They always try to make a silly thing into a complicated procedure to collect more money.
Anyhow, please let me know how that goes with that clamp fix... You don't need to remove the old clamp, just slide it to the end closer to the reservoir.
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