| funagon |
Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:44 am |
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Beetsport wrote: the coolant hose from those great plastic tubes that always seem to break and the metal sleeve comes off, came off and made a nasty mess all over Business 80 here in Sacto.
Might be time for some of these:
http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=113 |
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| Vanagon Nut |
Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:30 am |
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Beetsport wrote: .....
Synfalia just turned 30k on the 1.8T engine now with no hick ups to mention.
Well, Ok, the coolant hose from those great plastic tubes that always seem to break and the metal sleeve comes off, came off and made a nasty mess all over Business 80 here in Sacto..
Cheers !
That's great man! 30K miles. From what I've read, that's significant. Especially on a new swap design.
Are you referring to the union between the long coolant pipes and hoses to/from engine? If so, would some kind of bracket help? i.e. to keep the hoses steady.
Just a thought. I did a premptive strike on my swap by putting a bracket on lower hose. My thought was that having it possibly flop around might cause the O ring on plastic inlet to leak or worse.
Edit: the bracket does work. However. On my last camping trip, I managed to hit a BIG dip in the road at ~ 50 mph. I noticed the bracket had shifted. The hose was close to the drive shaft. Obviously a better bracket with another fastener is needed.
Unfinished support (rubber insulator and muffler clamp were added):
Pic showing plastic outlet in question (from thermostat)
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| syncrodoka |
Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:38 am |
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Quote: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:38 pm
He clicked over 30K a full year ago. He is probably past that now. 8) |
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| Vanagon Nut |
Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:42 am |
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syncrodoka wrote: Quote: Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:38 pm
He clicked over 30K a full year ago. He is probably past that now. 8)
In the voice of Comic Book Guy (Simpsons):
"Oh the humanity!" ;)
D-oh!
Neil. |
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