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<P>I'm trying to understand what you're saying. Did you cut the hose and then stick the ink pen piece (is this from a bic disposable?) into each new end of hose and then tighten two clamps over each new end, so that now water flows through the ink pen? </P>
<P>Also, for a leak like this would either plumbers epoxy or marine epoxy work? <BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: KI <KI@CLOUDFACTORY.ORG>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: KI <KI@CLOUDFACTORY.ORG>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:04:13 -0700
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;sounds like the same hose that burned right through on my vanagon on my
<DIV></DIV>&gt;trip to death valley a couple of months ago. i had just come over monitor
<DIV></DIV>&gt;pass and all of a sudden my engine started heating up. it had been laying
<DIV></DIV>&gt;on top of my muffler. funny, the first
<DIV></DIV>&gt;thing i tried was duck tape too, didnt' work tho'. i did end up taking
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the mouth piece of my camel back and plugging the too ends of teh hose
<DIV></DIV>&gt;into it. filled the car up with coolant and made it to the next town and
<DIV></DIV>&gt;it blew off, spewing all my coolant out again. luckily i made it to a
<DIV></DIV>&gt;littel store and bought some hose clamps and cut a 2 inch piece of an ink
<DIV></DIV>&gt;pen and jammed the two ends into it and clampled them down. made it to
<DIV></DIV>&gt;death valley and then to taos nm and then all the way back to san
<DIV></DIV>&gt;fran. i still haven't fixed it yet as i'm waiting on the tiico engine and
<DIV></DIV>&gt;don't want to spend any more money on the current one. jsut did a trip to
<DIV></DIV>&gt;umpqua nat forest in oregon and it held up fine. i would def. bleed the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;cooling system.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;On Sat, 26 May 2001, Don Oldenburg wrote:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Hi Everyone--
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; My '90 Vanagon blasted out a load of antifreeze the other day soon as I
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; parked it after driving it a while. I checked around the engine compartment
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; this morning and followed the hosing from the reserve tank until I found the
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; leak.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Looking at the engine compartment from the back and on top: Hosing from
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; the reserve tank sort follows around the top inside of the comparment
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; opening; on the left side, there's a T-junction with a black rubber hose,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; about 1/2 inch round and maybe 14 inches long to where it gets larger in
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; diameter (maybe 3/4 or an inch) for about four inches to where it connects to
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; the left-side cylinder head on top.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Right before that rubber hose fits onto the metal engine connection,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; there's a break where the antifreeze leaks when pressured. Got the part #:
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; 025-121-058-M (and maybe the same number ending in C instead of M might
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; work)...
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; I tried searching the archive but for some reason can't get in at all,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; so....
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; My Question: The hose looks easy enough to remove (clamp on each end).
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; I'm thinking I could take it off, dry it good, and do some heavy duty taping
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; over that rupture, and put it back on--so I could at least drive it for a few
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; days until I get the replacement hose special ordered. Is that adviseable or
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; not?
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Second Question: If I take that hose off, do I run the risk of getting
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; air in the system (and if so, what's the trick to doing this then and not
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; getting air in then system?), or will it just pull more antifreeze off the
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; reserve once I hook it back up again and start it?
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; It looks like a simple fix--but I've done simple fixes before that ended
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; up causing bigger headaches. Any advise would be appreciated.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Many thanks,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Don Oldenburg
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; McLean, Va.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; elevenhalf@aol.com
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
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