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I pulled onto the drive for some much needed wire brushing and unsealing before winter and coolent started pouring out!


I got it on ramps and notice the coolent was coming out of the lower radiator hose. I fiddled for a bit and found the clip had done this!


Luckly i only lost about a litre of coolent so istuck a jubilee clip on and topped it up!



Im so glad this didnt happen on the motorway!!

BTW sorry for crappy phone pics...

damn, lucky u were home

yeh i was really lucky! just couldnt believe it could rot like that only in a small area!

It prolly had a nick or scrape on it, and eventually it failed. Sharp edges can cause stress risers. Hence why the FSM warns against drilling anywhere on the strut tower: So the spring does not get nicked by the drill. Once that happens, it is only a matter of time before the spring breaks.

And when you add in road salt the metal deteriorates 10x faster. That lower hose is a bad spot to leak, you don't notice until the temp gauge pegs out unless you can smell the coolant.