steaming TQ

[Larry C Leung]

Efraim,

This is the turbo coolant hose. I got it from Didi at Carlsen, but I
don't have the P/N handy. Easiest to reach by pulling the upper radiator
hose. 

LL - NY

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:49:20 -0700 "Efraim Gavrilovich"
<egav at wireless2000.com> writes:
>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
>