# Should hoses be replaced as preventive maintenance?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-hoses-be-replaced-as-preventive-maintenance/40205>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-hoses-be-replaced-as-preventive-maintenance/40205 "2009-11-30T23:07:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-hoses-be-replaced-as-preventive-maintenance/40205/21 "2009-12-01T21:12:32Z")

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I tend to replace mine as a preventative measure every 2-3 years or 100,000 miles or so. When its convenient like recently when replacing a water pump, I just combined thermostat, hoses, and a flush to do it only once. I’ve never had a hose burst in 40 years but did develope a pin hole leak once that still allowed me to drive the 150 miles home. My hoses are only about $15 and do it myself. $450 is way too high. I just prefer to spend the extra $50 and do work in a warm garage at my convenience rather than outside at 10 below, or have to pay for a tow.

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-hoses-be-replaced-as-preventive-maintenance/40205/22 "2009-12-01T21:50:37Z")

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I drive a 1998 Civic with 187,000 miles, and I just replaced my radiator hoses last year when I replaced the radiator. I haven’t replaced all those smaller hoses at the back of the engine.

Normally, I would say yes, replacing the hoses before they rot and leak is a good idea. However, in your case, I think you can safely wait until it has 150,000 miles on the odometer.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-hoses-be-replaced-as-preventive-maintenance/40205/23 "2009-12-02T00:31:46Z")

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I had a 1966 Valiant that had the original top radiator hose when I junked it in 1990. I pulled the radiator out before I junked it and that hose wound up in my pile of slant 6 parts. The drain trap under my kitchen sink failed on Easter Sunday morning with 20 people due for dinner and I used that radiator hose for an emergency repair. Five years later the metal pipes it connected to rotted out and I retired that hose, I thought it had worked long enough.

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