Re: question? coolant expansion tank's sensor-area leaking coolant??

[David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>]

hey joachim,
the tank is new and so is the sensor (only two weeks "old")... what gives?

also, is there a tool for removing that sensor? my mechanic used a pair of
pliers and had torqued away some of the plastic on the sensor

dave
87 16v


At 06:21 PM 7/5/99 -0500, Joachim Beek wrote:
>At 15:59 7/5/99 -0700, David Liu wrote:
>>	
>>hood, i saw coolant leaking from the expansion tank's sensor - upon closer
>>inspection (the engine's still hot) i noticed that the coolant was coming
>>from four sides of the sensor, so i thought maybe this was normal. plus,
>
>Dave,
>I don't know what the Mk 2 coolant expansion tanks look like, but if
>they're at all similar to the VW Vanagon tanks, then probably your mechanic
>didn't do it, and it is more likely that the expansion tank or the cap that
>the sensor sits in has developed a small crack due to old age.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Joachim
>78 Mk 1
>90 Vanagon
> 
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>
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