[Vwdiesel] coolant flange

gary gbangs at cfl.rr.com
Sat Nov 5 09:02:04 EST 2005


I was going to suggest the same thing, since I broke the little return
nipple off of my '97 Passat water snout, it was only $22 at the dealer
of all places.

However, since this is an '82, the sensors don't mount the same way. If
I'm not mistaken, these sensors are screw-in, and use a copper washer. 

Still, that said, you will be taking your chances buying a used water
snout from someone, as they do slowly get thinner from the inside from
corrosion, and the dog-ears tend to develop cracks. 


Good Luck!

-Gary



On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 18:53 -0500, Val Christian wrote:
> I'd suggest just buying a new one.  They all fail after some number of 
> thermal cycles.  Be sure to get the o-ring to mount it to the block, and
> the two o-rings for the sensors.  I keep spares of all the o-rings.
> 
> I was coming back from a basketball game in Buffalo one time, and the
> o-ring blew.  The failure is crippling.  It turned out that I had some 
> athletic tape on hand.  I made an o-ring, and got some water, and limped
> home, with the pressure cap loose.  Not a good time.  Since then, I keep
> the o-rings.  The sensor ones are 19mm or 3/4", and once you have one 
> from VW, you can get a close match at your car parts place.  A cheap 
> $0.19 spare for the glovebox.
> 
> (At home, I keep one spare thermostat o-ring, two flange o-rings, and
> a bag of five sensor o-rings.  In the car, I keep a sensor o-ring,
> and larger tiewraps, and athletic tape (learned that one by luck)).
> 
> Val
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > I just broke my coolant flange trying to force it off some rusted
> > studs. This is the one that goes into the head and has two temp sensors
> > (one for temp gauge, one for glow plug timing). It was an '82 NA
> > engine. If anyone has one they'd be willing to sell me, I'd really
> > appreciate it.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > -- 
> > -johann koenig




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