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Drivers side water pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:34 am
by 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?
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:39 am
by wonkanoby
either could be right as age alone will do it
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:44 am
by mikeonb4c
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:32 am
by 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).
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:01 pm
by V.Mackey
Will get them to look at the stat at the same time they fix the pipe then!
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:41 pm
by 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
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:28 pm
by 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!
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:38 pm
by Northern Bongolow
TechnoTurkey wrote:
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.
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:31 pm
by 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!
Re: Drivers side wather pipe ballooned up!
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:15 am
by Northern Bongolow
pm sent
