[s-cars] Coolant Leak

[Jack Walker]

As tight as the 034 coolant ones were to putting on the barbs it amazes me they could possibly leak.

But understand that sometimes dissimilar materials don’t do well together.

 

That thread started because of the loss of coolant, and they had to refill the overflow or reservoir, which I would hardly blame on the weeping through the barbs/silicone hoses issue

 

Do you suppose the leaks that caused so much coolant are cracks in the reservoir that don’t show up except when it gets cold??

 

What’s “RTV” the goop used on RV roofs?

 

Jack

 

From: scotty [mailto:scotty at advancedautomotion.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 3:25 PM
To: Jack Walker; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant Leak

 

Silicone hoses leak as they dont seal well against the barbs. People have used rtv to seal them although you wont get it off again.

 

 

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From: Jack Walker <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com> 

Date:12/01/2014 4:17 PM (GMT-06:00) 

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant Leak 

 

I purchased the 034 coolant hoses for my totaled in 2010, Red S6A,

Never was able to get the under the IM one to stop leaking/weeping??

In fact almost all of the hoses  wept at the barbs to the overflow tank and
rad, replaced the hose clamps still wept



That car went away, was planning on putting the hoses onto my Cashmere S6A

But I've got bigger fish to fry than coolant hoses.



Jack Walker



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I've got the same.. only a small amount of loss when cold.  Traced back
(using dye) under the front of the intake manifold, already replaced the
coolant hose under there with silicone but it seems from other posts that
the OE hose is the way to go... I'm going to pull my intake to see if I can
locate the exact source.



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