This Thur, while on my way to work, my upper radiator hose blew out on me!! I have close to 69,000 on my 04 Sport 3.7, most of those miles are highway. This was a big split, almost 3" and thankfully I made it to work before the motor really over heated. Has anyone else ever had a hose blow out with this amount of miles? I work in N. VA and had a HELL of a time locating a replacement hose, Advance didn't carry any OEM parts, they sent me to a Jeep dealership which was back ordered, so they sent me to another one in another county. I spent 1 hr and 25 minutes driving around, thankfully I did it while at work in a Govt vehicle, but still, what a pain! So once I got it installed and home I put a roll of duct tape in the back, just in case!! I should have replaced the lower when I had the time but I didn't, will try for that soon.

I just replaced both uppler and lower hoses on mine. The lower started leaking slightly. I have 99K on mine.

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2003 Jeep Liberty Renegade - Silver
Mopar Skids, Skid Row Tranny Skid, Boulder Bars, Frankenlift II, 60" Hi-Lift Jack, K&N 6x9 Air Filter, Magnaflow, Dertoit Locker, 245/75R16 BF Goodrich All Terrains, Al's A-Arms

I have been thinking about just going ahead and replacing mine due to 76000 miles but .....well to lazy?? Have to get on it before I hook up the trailer and head for Boston! Thanks jsbelljr83 you just gave me the boost to get it done. I have one of those government vehicles also to UMMMMMM go get parts in

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Well, the good thing was the upper hose cost $12 and change! Oh well, could have been worse, I have a 54 mile commute, one way, could have happened 1/2 way to work!!!

12 bucks not bad was that from the dealer? After we get jerbachers lift on today I may have to look at mine a little closer.

Thanks

Tom

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

BRX makes lifetime silicone hoses.

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You should never continue to drive the Jeep when a hose blows totally out. It may not say its overheating on the guage b/c there isnt any fluid in the block for the guage to get a reading off of. Hopefully you didnt do any damage to anything.

Hoses should be checked at ever oil change and probably changed out at 60k along with tranny oil, tcase, spark plugs, and diff oils.

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So this is where my taxes are going. I am glad I could help! I let you know where to send the 6 pack.

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2005 4x4 Sport
Yakima Low Riders
Hidden Hitch
MOPAR tow hooks
RL Skink Step Sliders
Magnaflow
3/4 armored
235/70/16 Grabber AT 2
and a lot of little stuff...

I didn't have a choice but to drive the remaining miles to work, it was at 5 AM and I was on the beltway heading to N. VA. . The temp gauge almost maxed out when I parked. So far there doesn't seem to be any damage.