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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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anyone know if there is a way to fix the hose nipple on the surge tank, where the over flow hose connects to the top of tank. noticed a small leak when hot after sitting in traffic for a bit temp went to 220. it looks like its at the base of the nipple. or does anyone have one laying around there willing to let go of cheap, i repeat cheap. just bought it and already a host of little things that are adding to alot of small bills to equal large amount.
In any case thanks for the help
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Just buy a new one. They are like $50 or so.
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Old Oct 3, 2009 | 09:18 AM
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thanks guys, just bought for 50 shipped from ebay
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Mine had a crack in one of the nipples on the "T" connection on the bottom. Just went and got a new one. Just think....now with a new one, the side of the tank isn't all blurry looking, so you can actually look at the coolant level now yay.
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