Rusted coolant hose clamps

[Ramairiii]

Recently noticed a small coolant leak on my driveway from my 2008 Damon Astoria with the ISB 340 Cummings. Crawled underneath and was astonished to find that a few of my hose clamps were rusted and that a few had actually separated. The problem with these original clamps is that they are a combination of mild steel and stainless. I changed ALL clamps with the all stainless steel type. Don't know if other years and makes of Cummings motors are the same but it's probably worth taking a look to prevent trouble on the road! Hope this helps others from possible breakdowns. Ken


2008 Damon Astoria Pacific Edition 3786

[dons2346]

Some clamps that claim to be stainless are only stainless on the band only. If you get the clamps from a marine supply place such as West Marine, the entire clamp is stainless, including the worm drive screw. Otherwise, worm screw is just coated.

[Rich-n-Linda]

I had the same problem on my CUMMINS 400 hp ISL. The bottom rad clamp failed on the road and I lost all the coolant.

Not sure where you get parts for a CUMMINGS diesel. 😉

[Ramairiii]

Sorry about the error. Would rather have the problem of mis-spelling a word than to have one of those clamps break on the road!!!👍


2008 Damon Astoria Pacific Edition 3786

[powderman]

Originally Posted by Rich-n-Linda

Not sure where you get parts for a CUMMINGS diesel. ��

I used to be able to get them from Bob when he had the TV show.