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Old 10-29-2009, 09:31 AM   #22
jarl
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Re: '94 TS 3800: HUGE coolant leak - and other fluids

After a loooong time of not being able to work on the car, yesterday -finally- I managed to tighten the last screws and reinstalling the serpentine belt. I have not refilled/replaced fluids yet, but she's almost ready.

Putting together the things didn't take that long, but the heater pipe gave me problems to insert it again -of course-. I think the o'ring got damaged in the process... but we'll see.

In any case: when I was cleaning the mounting surface for the throttle body, I found an area around the water passages that was very brittle (guess how I found out?). The thin "lip" that holds the gasket from the wet side broke for maybe 1/2". Since it's on the wet side (under pressure) I'm not sure this would be critical, but there's some chance the gasket will not seal correctly. I applied some black silicone in the area as a precaution, but there's some chance I'll need to replace the plenum in the not-so-distant future

I'm starting a separate thread about that for clarity. I'll keep you posted
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