Matt - Congratulations on your "one week" anniversary. The hose that you are referring to is the overflow hose. If there is too much coolant, you cap is defective, or if you have experienced an overheated condition, the hose will vent towards the ground as you have described. The "air bleeder hose" that has been added to many cars is routed from the coolant bottle to the thermostat cover above the water pump (on the engine). In your case, you should check to make sure that you have the coolant bottle about one half full when cool, to give room for expansion. If the coolant level is okay, you may need to replace the cap, if it looks to be in poor condition or is rated for less that 15 lbs (As I recall - could be wrong on the pressure value). You should consider installing the bleeder hose kit if not already there. Always monitor the coolant temperature, and correct any condition that leads to chronic overheating. These may include a slipping belt, clogged cooling system, marginal water pump, improper fan operation, etc. Toby Peterson VIN 2248 Winged1 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "supermattthehero" <supermatty@xxxx> wrote: > My DeLorean has a hose connected to the plastic coolant bottle that > is pointed down into the engine compartment heading toward the rear > of the vehicle. By looking in the parts manual, I believe this to > be the "air bleeder hose." This hose has been spilling drops of > coolant lately that I notice when I come back from a drive and see > that there is coolant spilled over the right exhaust tip and it > traces back up to that hose. Is this supposed to work like this? > Does this mean I need more coolant and less water in the system?