75,000 miles - all hoses to be replaced?

I am always a little confused on this issue. My 93 has almost 75,000 miles. One of my other cars (Ford) blew the upper and lower radiator hoses before 50,000 miles. It's time now for my second radiator flush and coolant change. Should I replace the thermostat and upper and lower radiator hose now? Should I also replace all the little radiator and other coolant hoses now too? Rubber is rubber; doesn't it all start to go to hell after 7 years. I know those little hoses can cost a lot to replace and I wouldn't want to waste my time or my money if it didn't offer some benefit. Has anyone gone a long time without problems, without replacing the smaller hoses? Maybe some are even hard to get to also.

replace now,less headache later.

Definitely replace the thermostat, hoses are a coin flip. BTW, I'd use Havoline extended life orange coolant. A great extended life coolant that is compatible with most metals. The Prestone is good also but does not work well with some

Definitely replace the thermostat! I have 96000 miles on my 93 and I need to replace it now. Get it out of the way now I say if you have to take a hose off to do it, or if you have to take a hose off to fix anything else, replace it! But, I wouldn't replace all the hoses.

Chris

I have a 1989 Civic that I bought new. All the hoses and rubber are the original ones. No blown hoses, bulges, or cracks they are still perfectly pliable after 12 years and 260,000 miles. And the car still gets its original gas mileage.

I would examine your hoses. If any of the hoses are showing signs of deterioration I would replace all the hoses then.

Ok, and WHEN one of them blows and overheats on you, I BET you are late for a big appointment or on your way to a vacation. Never fails.

Why not replace all the hoses. From what I can see, one need only replace the one top radiator hose ( easy), and the two bottom radiator hoses ( not so easy, but definitely doable from underneath, and the two heater hoses one easy and one seems hard). Has anyone replaced the one hard heater hose. The book says you need to remove the coil ignitor to do it. Can't I just wedge my hand in to get the old one off and the new one in? Also, has anyone used the non-acid Prestone super flush recently?

At one point there was discussion about a little rubber cap that blocked some unused connector, perhaps on the water pump... If you replace 'everything', make sure you check to get all the rubber parts, even if they're not actually hoses...

within 1 week or 2, i will have my mechanics doing the timing belt replacement as well as water pump. Am i better off to replace the themostat too? (it is a 99' <bought in 98> with almost 60,000 miles)

Hoses... i don't seem to see any hoses package from Roebuck. I assumed i can buy a long hose and then chop it up to replace those radiator hoses from Aces Hardware ? or from Kragen's?

Absolutely not!!!!!!!!! Radiator hoses are very special animals. They are formed under heat to have a special shape. If you use straight hose and try to get it turn corners, the hose will probably just collapse. The two heater hoses are special like that too. The thin hoses (2 of them) comming off the thermostat housing may possibly be nothing more than standard water hoses that you can bend yourself. Even those, I am not absolutely sure of, and someone on this board who has tried it would have to tell me that it worked for them first.

Actually there are special hoses made for 'when nothing else is available' situations. The hoses have wires imbedded in them to help shape the hose. Springs may be used inside to prevent collapse of the lower radiator hose.