Urgent need help-- radiator hose blew

[Terminator_T4R]

All,

I was on the highway today, cruising at 70mph and started to smell something like pancake syrup. I immediately knew it was coolant. I pulled off at the next exit and parked turned off the car.

After popping the hood, I saw coolant ALL over the engine and smoke/steam billowing out. The upper radiator hose just popped off!!!!! The hose looks fine, and the clamp looks fine, but the thing just fell off.

Am I OK? Do I need to replace the engine or can I just reattach the hose and put in new coolant?

I just bought the car 1 month ago, used, 2002 SR5, and everything was fine. The dealer, to make the engine look better? sprayed some shiny Armor All crap in the engine bay and I wonder if that lubricated the hose and caused it to slide off.

Any help is appreciated.

 

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I bet dealer did service and had clamp unsecured. Tighten, add coolant check often for a while and you should be fine.