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what is the possibility of engine damage?

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chrispix

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Oct 6, 2002
Portland, Oregon
coming from home from work the other day, my coolant low level light comes on. so i pull over and fill up the reservoir. i start driving again, and the light comes on again about 15 minutes later. so now im worried, i pull over again to fill the reservoir and i notice steam coming from under the thermostat. when the steam starts to subside, i see it is coming from one of the hoses to the turbo. it is cracked. so i make the decision to wait awhile so i can open the rad cap and fill the system full, fill the reservoir full, then try to drive to the closest autoparts store. it happened one more time before i made it to the store. i replaced the hoses at the store (soiling my work-clothes), filled the system up and drove home. i havent driven the car since. i was very cognizant of the stock temp gauge the whole time and it never went above mid. i know the stock gauge is a poor indicator of actual temp, and the batteries were dead in my pocketlogger. my decision was influenced by poor-college-boy syndrome caused by eating only ramen noodles too many nights in a row.
i would just like an opinion from an ubermechanic if i did any possible damage to anything while doing this.
thank you.
 
I seriously doubt that you suffered any engine damage. However now that you know the heater hoses in a 12 year old car have a tendency to split or break, do yourself a favor and replace the other ones too.
 
yeah, i forgot to put in my first thread that i replaced all but the lower radiator hose. thats why im not driving it now-gotta replace that last hose.
 
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