P38A [P38] Common coolant leak locations

[blue_cheese]

You did put the o-rings onto the pipes didn't you before fitting?

I did! They're on there somewhere, 11 quid from the main dealer

You can magnetise your screwdriver tip with a magnet!

I tried this with a fridge magnet, but I think it was too weak, the magnetisation was pathetic. Think I'll make a trip to Screwfix

 

[Grrrrrr]

I did! They're on there somewhere, 11 quid from the main dealer

I tried this with a fridge magnet, but I think it was too weak, the magnetisation was pathetic. Think I'll make a trip to Screwfix

Got a speaker anywhere?

 

[Mark Piercy]

I did! They're on there somewhere, 11 quid from the main dealer

I tried this with a fridge magnet, but I think it was too weak, the magnetisation was pathetic. Think I'll make a trip to Screwfix

Is there anything to lube the
o-rings, they are very resistant pushed in dry... Nod nod

 

[blue_cheese]

Is there anything to lube the
o-rings, they are very resistant pushed in dry... Nod nod

I have copper grease, or is silicon better?
Also, are the O rings supposed to fit snug in to the matrix? Right now the pipes slot in but they don't go in much and have little resistance

 

[Mark Piercy]

Not copper grease my mate and only if its silicon grease not sealer! , you don't have any other grease to wet the oring outer surface which will allow them to slide in while fitted on the pipe end?

 

[Datatek]

I pulled the pipes + clamp out to take the pic, that's why it's not sitting right.
Do the flanges on the pipes sit on top of the inlet surface? Or do they go further in?

Someone has been and butchered the threads in it too.
Made 10x harder by the fact that I don't have a magnetic screwdriver! Sod keeps falling off.

I'll try again in the morning, thanks for your advice

Replace the screw with a socket head screw. There are recesses into which the O rings go.

 

[Datatek]

I have copper grease, or is silicon better?
Also, are the O rings supposed to fit snug in to the matrix? Right now the pipes slot in but they don't go in much and have little resistance

Silicone grease not Coppaslip. The pipes do not go in far and I do not remember any resistance.

 

[Datatek]

Is there anything to lube the
o-rings, they are very resistant pushed in dry... Nod nod

Washing up liquid as a last resort.

 

[Mark Piercy]

Washing up liquid as a last resort.

Ooh, that's a good one