Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 06:25:48 EDT
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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: WTB - upper coolant crossover pipe - 1.9L WBX
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In a message dated 23/05/2005 2:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
On the eternal subject of cooling your wasserboxer:
! spotted a pinhole leak in the upper coolant crossover pipe on my 1.9,
this is the metal pipe that goes across the top of the engine (P/N 025 121
081F, according to ETKA).
Looks like a new replacement is NLA from VW or the various list vendors,
has anyone got a spare in good condition they'd be willing to part with?
I brazed the pinhole (and three more that I opened up while cleaning the
thing up), and gave the whole thing a coat of POR-15 afterward, I'm hoping
that'll get me through Westies in the Woods this weekend (Stokes State
Forest, New Jersey - ya'll come!).
Even if my first-time-ever-totally-amateur brazing job holds up, I expect
more rust-through to happen somewhere, so I'd like to get a replacement
(preferably from a van that didn't spend most of it's life in the rust belt).
This is the pipe that connects to a rubber hose from the plastic H on the
left, runs to a (smaller) heater hose low on the right side, and has a tiny
nipple that connects (through a thin hose) to the plastic bleeder on the
firewall.
Tim, as you've found out this pipe is NLA. Your brazing and POR-15ing is
the best method of recovery. I do them all the time here. If you have floated
braze over the rusted area well and properly applied the POR-15 then the
pipe will last practically forever and it's much better than a new one. I've
been slowing recuperating all those pipes I can get my hands on and repairing
them for future needs.
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel Trains
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