quick to judge?

[Richard Beels]

If it's cracked around the brass bolt, it most likely means that a gorilla 
tightened it after they loosened it when they re-filled the system.  That's 
the venting screw when you drain/refill the system.  As an aside, it's very 
important not to completely remove the bolt as you may loose the nut that's 
_inside_ the radiator - but I wouldn't have any personal knowledge of that 
:-).  It's normal to loosen and then tighten this when doing a coolant 
R&R.  I would examine the cracks and if they appear to be from 
over-tightening, i would go have a nice chat with the shop mgr....



At 11:54 6/11/2001,  David Sugerman was inspired to say:
>Several weeks ago I had the local shop flush the
>radiator on my '91 80q in preparation for the summer
>swelter. Several days later I noticed a small coolant
>leak but didn't have time to investigate (new baby).
>As it turns out (now that I can think semi-straight),
>the plastic top of the main radiator is cracked around
>the small gold bolt on the top.
>
>Question: WOuld the shop have had to remove/mess with
>this bolt when they flushed/pressurized the system???
>
>I'd hate to pass blame on this, especially since it's
>a 10 year old part.....but.....


Cheers,
	Richard
	North of Philly, PA
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, lubed U-Joint, still 0.0 bar....
	88 90Q "Gecko" - from the factory cupholders
	89 Civic Si - should paint it pink, like the bunny......