Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 04:24 pm, by: Robert Kotomski(Twin_t)
When I was giving my engine bay a bit of a clean today, I brushed up against the coolant overflow hose near the radiator cap. The hose came off along with the plastic bit where the hose is clamped to. So essentially the plastic bit has broken off and is inside the hose. Obviously the coolant cannot flow through properly now and I have a dribble of coolant from where the broken plastic bit meets the hose. I tried to use a hose clamp but the clamp has nothing to hold onto. Will this require a new top tank to fix? I added a few pics to try and explain better.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 09:58 am, by: Dave Hart(Davyboy)
What you have is a piece of plastic pipe that's in two. If you can get another piece of pipe of not too thick a bore that will neatly fit inside and glue all together -ABS/PVC glue which ever is best. Then once set you can put back your hose and Fanny's your aunt.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 11:20 am, by: Robert Kotomski(Twin_t)
Yeah I figure I may as well replace the top tank as the inevitable cracking will one day occur. When the top tank is replaced, do they flush all the coolant out or only a bit of it as I flushed the entire system only a few weeks ago so its got brand new coolant in it.
Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 12:47 pm, by: Robert Kotomski(Twin_t)
I gave a few places a call about prices but most said it would take about a week for the part to come in so I thought I might as well try some superglue. Let it dry for a few hours then had a look when I got home from work and it seems to have held on OK. Hopefully the plastic bit in the hose has aligned properly with the broken off piece and there was no evidence of any leakage so all good it seems . I'll probably still end up getting the tank changed sometime soon though.