"Aremmes" (aremmes)
09/08/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: Unsolicited Explorer, Radiator, coolant leak
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"Aremmes" (aremmes)
09/08/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: Unsolicited Explorer, Radiator, coolant leak | 0
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Just because a shitbox has received upgraded parts does not mean it stops being a shitbox. Case in point, a couple of hours after !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I took it out for a grocery store run. Once I returned and parked it in front of my house, I started noticing the unmistakeable smell of tainted wine. A quick peek presented me with this:
Shit, I need to replace the thermostat housing sooner than I planned, I thought. However, looking at the thermostat didn’t show anything different from the usual weepy situation.
There was, however, some freshly sprayed antifreeze around the hot side of the radiator. Peeking under the cowling showed me the source of the water works.
That’s a crack worthy of a Penthouse centerfold spread. Lovely! So now I have to look for a new radiator
in addition to the thermostat housing. Whoever convinced auto manufacturers that plastics can reliably hold hot fluids for extended periods must be laughing while jerking off with wads full of money.
At least this
means that I only have to drain the coolant once.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Aremmes
09/08/2019 at 22:01 |
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Don’t even get me started on the plastic nipples that connect to my heater core. Every time I flush it, something new breaks off, then I have to devise another fix. I have no space remaining for any more fixes — every inch that has been cut and spliced has been done. 2 hose clamps are now 6 hose clamps. If anything ever needed to be metal, it’s something with 250-degree liquids that requires periodic servicing.
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Aremmes
> Ash78, voting early and often
09/08/2019 at 23:03 |
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Hose clamps seemingly last forever. We should make all of the coolant-handling parts out of them. Something broke? Just replace the offending clamp. It's hose clamps all the way down.
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Ash78, voting early and often
> Aremmes
09/09/2019 at 08:59 |
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Reminds me of an old comedian who said they should just build the entire plane from the material they use for the Black Box :)