Lower radiator hose new 2025 CTD

[Cowboyshea]

Glad to be back in a ram from ford! Long time Ram owner! Picked up my new 2025 3500 SRW and after 120 miles saw some purple coolant drips under the passenger front. Took a look and it looked just like hose clamp issue so took it back. Needs a new hose ! No big deal but has to be ordered and shipped 1500 miles to get here, for a simple hose. Such is life. How are all of you driving 25's monitoring soot load ? My idash and CTS3 neither are compatible with the 25s quite yet but I see posts of owners able to see it. Thanks!

 

[flan]

Quite the welcome back…. What caused the hole in the hose, any idea?

 

[Cowboyshea]

Quite the welcome back…. What caused the hole in the hose, any idea?

Tech said the hose clamp was cutting into the hose . Either a defective clamp or hose . Not sure . Once the part got there they had it back to me in an hour . Ive put 150 miles on it so far and ifs staying dry so all good

 

[24Megacab]

I use a scangauge 3 to monitor soot load, along with a plethora of other things. Not sure about the 25’s, but I’d assume it would work for that model year as well.