It's not a factory radiator setup so I figured the universal hose kit would be the ticket. My fans are hooked up and work. My temp sensor is a 195 on. The gauge was reading 160 when the hose blew.
Not to freak you out or anything but I'd be questioning a compression leak into the cooling system based on the information given.
(Especially if you are pretty sure that hose was tight, but I'd bet it wasn't)
As stated the cap should have bypassed it before a hose blew off.
On another note, I don't know why everyone doesn't take advantage of drilling an air bleed hole in their thermostat.
It's WAY better than having to fight a cooling system that's burping the coolant back out from air pockets.
Also universal hoses add a crapload of turbulence to the coolant flow and none of us needs that.