Plastic Radiators broken upper hose outlet 89 100 FWD
Martin W. N. Suryadarma
msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu
Tue Oct 10 13:54:45 EDT 2000
I have the exact same car with the exact same problem. What I've been
doing is just retightening the clamp on the hose all the time. IT fell off
a few times and I had to stop and refill the radiator reservoir. PLease
anyone with a solution other than new radiator, speak up. Thanks.
Martin
On Tue,
10 Oct 2000, njomele hong wrote:
> I am sure there have been plenty of post regarding
> this problem but the archives have not been easy to
> search.
>
> The plastic end tanks nozzle broke off because It was
> over tightend at some point. I was able to reattach
> the hose to the stub that was left but I dont think it
> will work long term.
>
> I am thinking of pressing a pipe in the stub but I
> suppose that the temperature changes that the radiator
> goes through it will get forced out eventually.
>
> Please let em know if there are any other options
> besides getting the entire radiator replaced.
>
> Njomele
>
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