The Roach

[chargervert]

There are plenty of them there now to make you a new one!

 

[Photon440]

Another little snag; after filling the radiator, the next morning I found a coolant leak at the back of the engine where the heater hoses attach to. I thought it was a loose hose clamp, but it turned out to be a pin hole where the bracket welds onto the tube. The intake manifold had to be pulled to get the tube out, which runs under the intake & into the water pump.

A replacement is about 32 bucks and I’ll order one today.

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Couldn't you just solder or braze the pinhole, paint it and save the wait time to get a new one?

 

[Richard Cranium]

Couldn't you just solder or braze the pinhole, paint it and save the wait time to get a new one?

I suppose so, but I’ll pick up the new one on Monday.

 

[themechanic]

I suppose so, but I’ll pick up the new one on Monday.

Better get some rubber plugs and pressure test before installing the new one.

 

[Sixpactogo]

For $32 bucks, I would clean the paint off and smear on some JB Weld. You will never see it once you reinstall the intake.