commodoredave
Active Member
VTII V6 no turbo or Scharge
Coolant has started leaking from near where the rubber hose joins the metal through pipe in the tensioner assembly. The rubber hose comes in from the upper heater tap port. Hose is fine as is the clamp. An O-ring rubber seal( not visible without removing the tensioner). prevents leaks but the seal seems rather delicate and the metal tube needs a quarter turn to fix it in.. Used a rubber mallet to tap the tube back into place and this seems to have temporarily solved the coolant leak. Has any had this problem? How did you solve it? There is a marker notch on the tube does anyone know exactly the optimal posotion of the notch? Could the notch position relate to the optimal positioning for the pipe and thus the integrity of the seal?
Coolant has started leaking from near where the rubber hose joins the metal through pipe in the tensioner assembly. The rubber hose comes in from the upper heater tap port. Hose is fine as is the clamp. An O-ring rubber seal( not visible without removing the tensioner). prevents leaks but the seal seems rather delicate and the metal tube needs a quarter turn to fix it in.. Used a rubber mallet to tap the tube back into place and this seems to have temporarily solved the coolant leak. Has any had this problem? How did you solve it? There is a marker notch on the tube does anyone know exactly the optimal posotion of the notch? Could the notch position relate to the optimal positioning for the pipe and thus the integrity of the seal?