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Radiator Drain Cock Leak


doratheexplorer
04-20-2007, 09:17 AM
('95 Voy 3.0: 116K miles)
I completed the Prestone Super Clean procedure and the drain cock has a leak. I have a replacement on order, so I'm asking if someone has a temporary fix for this leak.

RIP
04-20-2007, 11:35 AM
Replace the O ring seals.

earlyrizr
04-21-2007, 08:38 AM
no temporary fix for this one,as RIP said O-ring. It's such a bad design that I keep extra O-rings just for that reason.

Bear
04-21-2007, 08:54 AM
Agree, th design is so bad that I drop the lower hose to drain the radiator.

webbch
04-23-2007, 07:40 AM
I agree. I drain by removing the lower radiator hose as well. Attempted to remove the drain cock once, but it's plastic and was distorting with pliers on it. Didn't want to break the darn thing, and have avoided using it since.

turkeyman66720
04-26-2007, 09:51 AM
i also agree i broke my valve off during a flush so i contemplated the cost of fixing vs just putting new o-ring on it and zip tying it around the tank and using lower hose for drain from now on , zip tie was cheap so did that one has worked well for over a year now and saved some money

doratheexplorer
04-26-2007, 09:11 PM
I bandaged what remained of the o-ring with teflon tape.:p The "special order" drain plug should be in tomorrow.

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