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Message: <blockquote data-quote="beerhasvitamins" data-source="post: 307671" data-attributes="member: 6587">Driving home from Thanksgiving Dinner and was pulling on the freeway so I figured I would let the Whipple get some action. Punched it up to 85 and noticed my heat get weak then blow cold. I sat there pondering why that would happen and only one thing was ringing in my head.......heater core is empty WTF...look at the cluster and see the temp needle climbing then engine over temp warning. I thought I was going to have a heart attack! I immediately let off the gas exited the freeway and pulled over. Steam pouring out of the hood....oh shit. Popped the hood expecting the worst and noticed the heater hose popped off the fitting on the front of the engine. These spring clamps are trash...wtf. Bought a 20 dollar gallon of 50/50(ripoff but it was 11pm) and a gallon of drinking water and I made it home.Over temp was on for about 5 seconds and total run time after the heat left was about 30 seconds.  Hopefully it wasn't enough to hurt anything! These spring clamps are good for 1 use but once the original seal is broken replace them with a real clamp! I really think they shoulda been replaced when the Whipple was installed. Even after putting the hose back on I could move the hose up and down freely. Maybe it was the wrong clamp?The truck ran perfectly fine the last 5 miles home. Now to flush her all out again and refill the coolant. What a mess this made.</blockquote>