DrtyRat
07-24-2006, 08:40 AM
I have an s14 sr and yesterday I was doing some spirited driving coming back from church and I noticed my water temp gauge started to climb (autometer). Now on these brutal summer days the water temp will get up to 195-200 +/- but it was getting way hotter than that. As I came to a stop the temp would shoot up to 220-240 and when I started moving again it would drop right back to 205-210. I have been noticing lately that I had been losing coolant but I thought that my rad. hose had a slight leak, but I never found anything. Also there's no smoke coming from my exhaust so I know its not a hg prob. Anywayz I finally got home, popped the hood and could hear a sound like air was leaking. I searched and I searched until finally I found the culprit....
This is where the upper rad hose goes and there's a hard line that goes down (its the one in the pic w/the bolt going through what appears to be a ball shape)next to the oil dip stick and it has a crack in it that is shooting out a fine stream of water, so I know its the prob.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/DrtyRat42/hardline1.jpg
What I wanna know is what is that line for and can I order it separately. I know I can jbweld it (temporarily) but I just wanna get it replace w/a new one if possible...any help would be appreciated
This is where the upper rad hose goes and there's a hard line that goes down (its the one in the pic w/the bolt going through what appears to be a ball shape)next to the oil dip stick and it has a crack in it that is shooting out a fine stream of water, so I know its the prob.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/DrtyRat42/hardline1.jpg
What I wanna know is what is that line for and can I order it separately. I know I can jbweld it (temporarily) but I just wanna get it replace w/a new one if possible...any help would be appreciated