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DosBox

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If it's not one thing it's another at the moment!
I'd been suffering a mystery coolent leak recently with fluid simply vanishing and nothing ever seen under the vehicle.
I eventually tracked this down to the fact that the top hose bleed screw had sheared half way down and coolent was slowly leaking out over time and generally evaporating on the hot top hose before it had chance to drip on the ground.
Anyway, I ordered a new (metal) bleed screw and went to fit it this evening.
Using a small screw driver I (gently) tried to unscrew the reamining thread out of the hole but as soon as I tried to do this the whole screw fitting came loose and fell into the hose!
Now I just have a hole :(
OK, not a biggie given the price of replacement hoses but I do have a couple of questions:

1. Are aftermarket TD5 top hoses ok (quality wise)?
2. If I was to drive my car to a garage to get a new hose fitted (have zero time to do this myself atm) would the screw fitting get jammed somewhere in the system?
3. If all is good for a short journey what would be a good idea to seal the hole up with for just a short time?

It really is a case of one problem leading to another atm :(
 
Rescue tape
Hopefully not head gasket or cracked head
 
I would avoid aftermarket top hoses, esp Britpart top hoses.
Very important part in the cooling system the top hose, pay a bit more for a genuine hose ;)
I wouldn't use the D2 it if the remaining part of the bleed screw has fallen into the hose/cooling system
Make the time or get someone else to do it, but remove the hose and remove the screw from cooling system and fit a new hose. Not worth running the risk for the sake of a few quid.
HTH.
 
robhew86 said:
I would avoid aftermarket top hoses, esp Britpart top hoses.
Very important part in the cooling system the top hose, pay a bit more for a genuine hose ;)
I wouldn't use the D2 it if the remaining part of the bleed screw has fallen into the hose/cooling system
Make the time or get someone else to do it, but remove the hose and remove the screw from cooling system and fit a new hose. Not worth running the risk for the sake of a few quid.
HTH.
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Cheers, from other reprts of similar probelms TD5 owners have had (snapped bleed screws are not uncommon) many are saying that the snapped part dimpy falls into the thermostat and can be removed from there.
The garage I'm going to use is only a couple of miles away so any plugging of the bleed screw hole only needs to hold for 5 mins maximum. May even use gaffa tape.
 
This is exactly what has happened to mine. Picked my new pipe up today and getting it fitted Friday. I've put a temporary seal on it for now and have to keep topping it up every now and then.
 
DosBox said:
Cheers, from other reprts of similar probelms TD5 owners have had (snapped bleed screws are not uncommon) many are saying that the snapped part dimpy falls into the thermostat and can be removed from there.
The garage I'm going to use is only a couple of miles away so any plugging of the bleed screw hole only needs to hold for 5 mins maximum. May even use gaffa tape.
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I would just gaffa tape the piece of bleed screw you have left in place just to make a better seal. I'm no mechanic but I had to drive mine 15 mins and all seems ok.
 
notenoughtime said:
Can't you fit the hose yourself?
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Sorry read your post wrong :eek: thought it said fix!
With me it's the bottom hose that's a pain in the butt. I don't fancy laying on a cold wet driveway trying to get at the pipe. My mate has a lift so he's doing it for me
 
1. There good and bad with hoses any hoses, so purchase a OEM or genuine hose.
2. Yes, but u may be lucky to see it resting on top of the matrix other wise it's no going any where if jammed and will remain in the matrix, the rad is designed to pass water not solids
3. Self amalgamating tape will do or a rubber patch held tightly with a jubilee clip.
 
The 2 aftermarket ones I tried were crap, both ****ed coolant at the elbow and rad end. Put a genuine one on and it immediately solved the leaks.
 
Well, it's booked into a local garage tomorrow morning. I would do it myself if I had time, but I'm in mid-preperation for a big exhibition my company does each year.
At least I get to change the coolent whilst it's in :)
 
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