> > > The plastic nipple had fallen right off in my fingers !!! > Degraded... Dissolved... Crumbled Into Pieces. > ...Folks, this is on a 90 ! One of the newer busses. > When I replaced all my hoses last year, I found a crumbling, broken-off nipple formerly from a right side coolant manifold pushed about 8 inches down the heater hose I replaced. It was crudded up with what looked like stop leak too. No wonder my heater never seemed to have much oomph. Apparently the manifold had been replaced after just such an incident as yours, and the rocket scientist who did it just shoved the broken off bit down farther into the hose and left it there. So yeah, apparently these things just crumble to dust eventually. Perhaps VW was just being environmentally conscious and made them fully biodegradable... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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