Found my coolant leak

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lebowski
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Joined: Sun May 05, 2019 1:56 pm

Re: Found my coolant leak

Postby lebowski » Thu May 20, 2021 12:11 pm

Resolved. No rear heat anymore, but that's no problem for the next months. Rear A/C still functions :mrgreen: . If I get to it I will have a look at the corroded lines going into the rear heater core.
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Not in the pictures but I capped the open lines so no debris gets in.


silverarrow27
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Location: Banning, CA

Re: Found my coolant leak

Postby silverarrow27 » Fri May 21, 2021 1:22 am

Thanks for the pictures. I need to crawl under mine and inspect those same coolant lines too. It looks easy enough to replace with custom silicone hoses or generic rubber coolant hoses from the local auto parts store.

lebowski
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Re: Found my coolant leak

Postby lebowski » Fri May 21, 2021 5:29 am

Mine are corroded in three places: Above the exhaust, some 15cm further down and finally just before the rear heater core. If (if!) I'm going to repair this then it is the whole section, a hose from above the exhaust right into the heater core. Problem is that there is no place to fix these hoses to the chassis and I need some sort of U-turn before the heater core.


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