Poor quality parts....... not happy.

[Jeepers Creepers]

The ol girls Jeep developed an oil leak the other day, right up the front.

So, this afternoon, i pulled out the grille to check the clamps on the Trans Cooler it has, thinking, one had to be loose as clamps are prone to get.

4 clamps, had fallen to bits. 

Two were still in place, two were missing altogether with just the witness marks of where they had been. The hoses, were just sitting there.

So, a full set of new clamps and the oil leak is sorted.

BUT, I've never seen a set of clamps just fall to bits. Obviously crap quality clamps.... geez, that would never happen once. 

[Green rv]

Hi Jeepers
make sure you get full stainless hose clamps


Adam

[Jeepers Creepers]

New ones are stainless, but so were the old ones.

[b1]

what model/age ?

[Jeepers Creepers]

clamps were 4 years old.

[Paddler Ed]

My old Volvo V70 decided that the bottom hose was optional once the hose clamp had rusted out... bear in mind this was in the UK, the car was 7 years old and had somewhere in the region of 190,000 MILES on it... or 304,000km...

I suspect that JC's clips also suffered from being on a coastal car, as well as being a Jeep (Just Expect Every Problem)

[speewa158]

what model/age ?

That's not really something you should be asking                Really its open to   
                                         

[edz]

A good roll of trusty fence wire and make up a few QLD hitch clamps .. never fall apart again .May or may not be used to hold the rest of the Jeep together as needed 

[speewa158]

When l read Poor Quality Parts l thought you refereed to the whole rig . Job lot 

[Jeepers Creepers]

Nah, not this week. 

Just the clamps, but then again, its only Tuesday.

[Bird]

The ol girls Jeep developed an oil leak the other day, right up the front.

So, this afternoon, i pulled out the grille to check the clamps on the Trans Cooler it has, thinking, one had to be loose as clamps are prone to get.

4 clamps, had fallen to bits. 

Two were still in place, two were missing altogether with just the witness marks of where they had been. The hoses, were just sitting there.

So, a full set of new clamps and the oil leak is sorted.

BUT, I've never seen a set of clamps just fall to bits. Obviously crap quality clamps.... geez, that would never happen once.

Jeep quality.