RE: Temp Question

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) wrote:

>The Passat's been losing about a litre every six months.  Found the
>cause last week - one of those dumb spring clips (the sort you can
>release by squeezing the ends together with grips) had started to
>fail.
>
>It could have popped of at almost any time.

Lucky man. Mine's been losing small amounts of coolant, too. No visible
leaks, not the head gasket (runs perfectly, no visible smoke, no coolant in
the oil, no pressure on the reservoir), so I'll be investigating further.
I'll give all the hoses and clips a thorough going over, too. Maybe I'll
even replace a couple just to be on the safe side- they look kind of dodgy.

Tom

 _______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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 1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 167,000km

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