Coolant Leak?

[0face]

I've had this very small intermittent coolant leak. It would only leak if the engine was cold and I started it for a few seconds and then turned it off.

I have the plastic off because I did the CCT and Valve clearances, well griff did really... btw... cutting a slot in the bolt heads of the CCT is a brilliant idea whoever thought of that... Also, we adjusted ALL the intakes at 72,444 on the clock. 1-1 and 1-2 were really tight, the rest were at or very close to minimum spec.

So, I finally found this:



I thought about just tightening it, but figured the hose was $6 so, I might ass well replace it. The part has been ordered and I'm keeping my fingers crossed there is no crack in the metal where the hose attaches. I'll know more when it gets here and I take it apart.

I think the real lesson here is to check all those connections when you have the plastic off. You know it's the frickin $6 part or a loose hose clamp that will leave you stranded in the Utah desert.

More pics when I get the part and drain the coolant.

[Bust]

Anybody else's dik itch while reading this?

[beemerdons]

Anybody else's dik itch while reading this?

None of your f@$king business, ya Jackass! However, Marty my dick is itching! JSNS!

[usaffjr]

Is that coming off the thermostat housing? Mine is leaking too..

[0face]

Is that coming off the thermostat housing? Mine is leaking too..

Right side of the oil cooler. Thermostat is higher up.


Sent from my mobile porn machine.

[Bust]

So where are the rest of the pics Sandy? Gawdamn ya.

[0face]

So where are the rest of the pics Sandy? Gawdamn ya.

I'm waiting for the part.

[raYzerman]

This is likely normal....... Chances are the clamp just needs to be snugged up...... clamp was likely OK when new. The hose material will contract when cold and expand when hot. Enough cycles of that, and the clamp has compressed the rubber permanently. Not much but enough to require a little snugging. Don't crank it real tight so that it damages rubber, just snug it up. A more permanent fix if yer anal, is to get constant tension hose clamps.

Slotting the CCT bolt heads was deemed an engineering necessity at one of the first tech days in Owosso..... I'll point fingers at Billy Fitz and Bust.

[0face]

So, I probably didn't HAVE to change the hose and clamps, but I did anyway.

[Bust]

Nice gloves.












Pussy.

We manly men don't wear such finery while working on shit.

[0face]

Nice gloves.












Pussy.

We manly men don't wear such finery while working on shit.

That wasn't even witty, you Unimaginative Taint Sniffer.

Something witty would have been, "were you wearing a condom too, you poor excuse for a man"

[Bust]

Yer a wee bit higher on the manhood scale than AJ..

Who would have warranted the condom insult.

[silverback]

OK, first, why slot the CCT bolts?
Next, when you've been around shop solvent, transmission fluid, coolant and god only knows whatever else is carcinogenic even OUTSIDE OF California, for dozens of years...well, gloves are OK. Plus, they keep the dirt out from under your fingernails.

[0face]

OK, first, why slot the CCT bolts?
Next, when you've been around shop solvent, transmission fluid, coolant and god only knows whatever else is carcinogenic even OUTSIDE OF California, for dozens of years...well, gloves are OK. Plus, they keep the dirt out from under your fingernails.

Because it makes them easier to get out and put in. Otherwise, you're doing the 1/millionth-of-a-turn-and-readjusting-the-wrench thing for an hour and you need a half-wrench.

Berry is just mad I used up 10 of his home-made condoms at once.

[HotRodZilla]

It's always a good idea to wear a condom when working on the motorcycle. I work with the garage door open. I never know when some hottie will happen by and be enamored by my MC working manliness. She'll take off her clothes and ask me to do a lube job. One can never be too safe, and safety always comes first. Unless Bust is involved. I hear he comes in 2 seconds or less.

[Bust]

Oh for fucks sakes you gawddam buncha gurlz!! Back when men carried our own balls ? We used to thicken milkshakes with mercury..


But since yer moms got all worried aboot heavy metal they now use cock snot.
So now ya know why us guys with real diks don't do milkshakes.

Enjoy yer Wayne Newton and MANILOW.. I'll suffer AC DC an the likes.

[silverback]

Oh for fucks sakes you gawddam buncha gurlz!! Back when men carried our own balls ? We used to thicken milkshakes with mercury...

Why waste good mercury on a milkshake?