[s-cars] Coolant Leak

[Robert Rossato]

I was lucky.  I was able to reattach the hose directly to the metal
sleeve.  Used two hose clamps to make up for the lack of barb on the
plastic nipple (which had disintegrated).  Discovered the problem 15
minutes before we were going to leave for a 900 mile trip to LAST year's
Indy USGP.  Bought a replacement tank en route from a dealer that
happened to have one and kept it in the trunk for the inevitable
roadside emergency repair.  At some point I'm actually going to replace
that tank ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Matt twentyV
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:51 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant Leak
> 
> 
> Yep, and any attempt to fix this by tightening the
> hose clamp just makes it worse.  Then, if you decide
> to remove the hose and inspect the nipple <sic>, you
> will likely end up with just the metal insert
> remaining attached to the tank.
> Don't ask why I know this.
> -Matt
> 
> --- Robert Rossato <bob.rossato_af at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > As does the inlet nipple at the top of the reservoir
> > tank.  I've seen
> > two failures there including mine.  There are steel
> > inserts there and at
> > the outlet so it tends to hold for a while and just
> > seep.
> > 
> > Bob