Drivers side water pipe ballooned up!

[V.Mackey]

The main water pipe under the drivers seat going to the rad has ballooned up!

One Garage has told me its a known falt and will take a couple of hours to fix!

The other also said a couple of hours, but somthing would of made it balloon up like the head or a thermostat playing up!

Can any help with this and which one if right if ether?

[wonkanoby]

either could be right as age alone will do it

[mikeonb4c]

Just age I think - Dandywarhol has a famous pic of his (Bongo) hose all swelled up. Mine is slightly swelled but to date nothing has squirted out of it.

Get a new one fitted and make sure they know EXACTLY how to bleed a Bongo afterwards

[Northern Bongolow]

certainly a good idea to change the stat while you are replacing the hose,check the others too,as your adviser rightly says something has caused this (the stat).

[V.Mackey]

Will get them to look at the stat at the same time they fix the pipe then!

[Dave.]

Make sure it is bled properly (using the bleed hose) because the head will crack in no time if you dont ,see youtube bleeding bongo

[TechnoTurkey]

Mine was like that when I first had it, it wss literally as thin as a rubber glove and it was a miracle that I drove it for over 200 miles without incident before getting it replaced (by Paul at LPG).

I now think that I have a lazy thermostat as I can see it's running a little hot (normally in the low 90s) thanks to my TM2. I'll probably replace the thermostat myself and flush and replace the coolant while I'm at it - bleeding carefully using the youtube vids as a guide....

Get the hose replaced ASAP!

[Northern Bongolow]

I now think that I have a lazy thermostat as I can see it's running a little hot (normally in the low 90s) thanks to my TM2.

Get the hose replaced ASAP!

spot on mate.
in my opinion most hose leaks/swelling hoses are traceable to the stat prformance.

[TechnoTurkey]

Not wanting to hi-jack this thread, but is there a fact sheet for thermostat replacement? I couldn't see one.

Ii'll probably have a go at swapping mine myself and don't mind taking pics etc if someone can tell me how to do it in the first place!

[Northern Bongolow]

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