When I installed the new hose, I had reused the factory spring clamps.
BAD IDEA
The new hose has a smaller wall thickness, so the clamps are able to
apply less pressure on the hose/nipple than they did on the old hose.
Combined with age and loss of spring tension, this allowed one of the
hoses to pop loose this morning. Oddly enough, it was the stretched wide
end at the driver's side of the engine.
Lucky for me, this happened right around the corner from my house so I
was able to get it back home. I had a proper hose clamp in the garage,
so I installed that and got to work. This weekend I'll be replacing all
the clamps with worm clamps. Sigh.
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