At 08:56 AM 12/3/1999 EST, you wrote: >Here is what I have experienced on the leaking around the coolant level >sender: >1. The expansion tanks get hairlined cracks around the sender hole and leak. >2. The sensor gets a stress crack in the side of it from someone putting it >on too tight (happens a lot). >3. Both. > >Upon installing the sender, just remember that it is Plastic, going into a >Plastic Tank. No need for 75 ftlbs of torque. I just snug it (mechanic's >experience), not super tight, as this can cause more problems than if it is a >little loose. > >Ken Wilford Amen: When I had a sensor crack at the top of the thread I band sawed it in half & discovered that there is only ~1/16" of material between the corner of the 'cup' that surrounds the two pins & the outside threaded area (less plastic = more profit from replacement parts?) 1) get a brand new sensor; turn it uppside down & swab out the cavity with alcohol + q-tips. Fill the cavity with epoxy (JB Weld), let it cure & install per 2) below; 2) With a new o ring, a little silicon grease (dielectric grease from FLAPS), & assuming the tank itself is OK where the threads + o ring sealing area are, then use *only* thumb & forefinger to tighten (enuf to compress the o ring into the tank groove, *no more*). Austin |
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