KrashDH
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For those that have had the pleasure of replacing the o-ring at the end of the hard line that enters into the block, I have a quick couple of questions.
I chased down a leak at the plastic t-stat housing, so that and the t-stat are new, and it's not leaking. It's dry around there.
I literally just flushed the coolant when I did my TB job (a month ago or so) so it's nice n pink (and VW coolant isn't cheap).
The hard line connection is leaking, I can see where it's pooling just below the hard line on the upper rib and then leaking down onto the lower ribs. It's a slow leak, but it's wet behind there.
So my questions.
With the t-stat replacement, I was able to just remove that hose and let a bit of coolant drain from there. I didn't need to drain the whole system to replace that housing and t-stat.
I see with the hard coolant line that there are a couple of coolant hoses coming off of it. It's up pretty high, so can I get away with just draining the coolant from the hard line so I can avoid doing an entire coolant change? Or is this one an all-or-nothing?
Also, I know the oil feed line at the filter housing needs to come off. I suppose I just need to draw the oil out of there prior to removing this?
Hopefully it won't fight me too bad, the car isn't in a rust environment.
Thanks all in advance.
I chased down a leak at the plastic t-stat housing, so that and the t-stat are new, and it's not leaking. It's dry around there.
I literally just flushed the coolant when I did my TB job (a month ago or so) so it's nice n pink (and VW coolant isn't cheap).
The hard line connection is leaking, I can see where it's pooling just below the hard line on the upper rib and then leaking down onto the lower ribs. It's a slow leak, but it's wet behind there.
So my questions.
With the t-stat replacement, I was able to just remove that hose and let a bit of coolant drain from there. I didn't need to drain the whole system to replace that housing and t-stat.
I see with the hard coolant line that there are a couple of coolant hoses coming off of it. It's up pretty high, so can I get away with just draining the coolant from the hard line so I can avoid doing an entire coolant change? Or is this one an all-or-nothing?
Also, I know the oil feed line at the filter housing needs to come off. I suppose I just need to draw the oil out of there prior to removing this?
Hopefully it won't fight me too bad, the car isn't in a rust environment.
Thanks all in advance.