Found coolant leak shop caused?

Please see these images of the leak from the driver side hose that's coming out of the radiator. I disovered it while changing oil. There also seems to be a whitish spray that got on the oil pan.. which I persume is from the leak. What would cause such a leak?

I recently had a shop rea-tighten the alternator belt.. I see the pully for that belt is right next to the hose.. could they have bumped it?
The end that goes into the engine


The white spray on the oil pan


The radiator end of the hose


Thanks

 

Looks like a great excuse to replace the hose.

 

replace the hose or just replace the clamp and see if it quits leaking then. those clamps are throw aways anyway......they lose their ability after a few years.

 

thanks I"ll try to replace the clamp+hose.. how do I know whether coolant will pour out when I remove that hose?

 

It's the lower radiator hose on the driver side. The engine end of the hose is underneath the alternator.

When the car is sitting shut down, where is the majority of the coolant? inside the radiator? If so, then looks like I will need to drain the entire radiator to do this job...

 

where is the drain cock on the taco's radiator?

EDIT: nevmind I found it.. The taco has two of them!?

 

Personally, I would just put on a screw type clamp and not remove the hose. If it fixes the leak, great. If it doesnt and you need a new hose, no real loss. Just saves you draining and filling the rad.

 

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I had to replace my lower hose a couple weeks ago again because of a small pinhole(cheap hose)......so I had to drain the rad. out completely. And definitely use the screw type band clamps.....factory clamps wear out after some time and don't clamp well.

 

I'll try the screw type.. but how do I remove the factory spring-style clamp without taking out the hose?

 

I would just push it back a little and put the new on on next to it. Again, if it works, great. If it doesnt, no loss, just replace the hose.

 

So I put a couple of screw-clamp on both ends of the lower radiator hose and it seemed to have stopped the leak! I just moved back the original spring clamp and put the new one on front of it. Thanks for the suggestion!