steaming TQ

[Efraim Gavrilovich]

Hi all,
On my way home from work, about one mile away from home,I noticed a steam
coming from under the hood. Not a good sign. I stopped, opened the hood and
found the broken hose hissing and spewing the coolant. I decided to limp
home while I still got some coolant left in the system. I got home Ok. Boy,
do I love this car! Never in my 7 years of ownership I was stranded and not
able to get either home or to garage under my own power. Never had to call a
tow truck, even when I had to drive to garage without clutch or other time
driving 25 miles from out of town to garage with failed alternator. A year
ago I managed to reattach the hose to a broken radiator spout, refilled the
lost coolant and got home.
Now, I need somebody to help me to identify the broken hose. I went through
the Bentley twice but could not find anything resembling failed hose. I will
try to describe it. It's a real small part. It is a metal elbow with a ring
at one end and rubber hose crimped to this elbow at the other end. The
rubber hose is no longer than 1.5". Elbow ring is bolted to the engine right
where the main radiator hose is attached, right between spark plugs #1 and
#2. The other end of the rubber hose is attached with a hose clamp to a long
metal tube about 3/8" dia.
Thanks in advance,
Efraim Gavrilovich
1988 5KTQ 333,000km (206K mi) 1.8 Bar
1990 90 110,000km (68Kmi)
Vancouver, Canada