Re: Leak Developed

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

"Oen, Shawn" wrote:
> 
> The plastic flange on the side of the block you are talking about it plastic
> and will warp after a while.  Go to the dealer and get a new one for less
> than 10 bucks.  Also there is a rubber o-ring you will have to replace that
> you will see once you pull the flange off. Make sure and get that also
> becuase they get brittle with age.....If you jack the car up on the drivers
> side a littke when you do it, that will keep you from loosing very much
> coolant....I think it is held on by 2 13mm nuts.....
> 

Hmmm,

$10 aint bad for a part to last ten - twenty years. I wonder if a more
reliable thing might be fabricated or retrofitted over.

Do, say Audis? have a metal one?

TBerk

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