Note to self: When someone tells you to change the heater hose or it will inevatably blow...change the damn thing.
Anyway, the blasted heater hose blew on the way home from work, because I recently had a leaky CAS o ring & didnt change the hose. I shut off the engine, untill the light turned green, then cranked it & made a bee-line through 3 lanes of heavy stop light traffic, killed the engine, coasted in, & baked for awhile while waiting for help to arrive. Thankfully Jolberry came to the rescue :cheers: & we had it changed whithin a few minutes.
My question: I was sitting there & the AC started blowing warm air, then as I started cussing thinking my compressor blew I noticed coolant blowing all over the road, looked at the temp gauge, & boom the needle was pegged on hot. This is when I immediatly shut it off, then cranked it & ran for like 5 seconds to get out of traffic when the light turned green. Would this have caused any damage?? The temp stayed one notch from middle(normal) on the way home after we fixed it, I didnt feel any hesitation in the engine or anything, although I was basically limping it home.
Also, the hose we used was the generic heater hose because they didnt have any model specific at the store, its pinched a little bit but im going to put another piece on when it cools a bit & fix that. Should I get a hose from Mazda, or will this do the job??
Thanks
