rad bottom hose leaking - what to do?

[stuartp]

I have either an 8 mile drive home or a 6 mile drive in the opposite direction to a place where I can buy a replacement hose

(I have bought one on ebay but that hasn't arrived yet)

[Mk2Jo]

If you are fitting it yourself then just limp home

[stuartp]

yeah i can do it myself but i don't have the hose i got on ebay a couple of days ago yet - i'll get home and leave it until it arrives.

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

just keep filling it up get plenty of bottles water

 

if you keep your eye on temp gauge too

 

maybe take rad cap off so its not pressurised it might calm the leak down a bit

 

but keep yoyur eye on the temp gauge

[stuartp]

my eyes will be constantly on the temp

 

i'll probably crash for looking at it too much!

 

and i'm going to commandeer a few big bottles of water before i leave

[over_head_cam]

I drove my jelly mould back home about 8 miles with no water pump and with the fan poking out of the rad Just stopped all the time and topped the rad up (what was left of it ) With a petrol can of water and it was fine once I fixed it

[stuartp]

i'm sure after all your sleepless nights worrying about me you will be pleased to hear that i got home safely yesterday

 

i don't think the car has been driven that grandad like since it was a 1300xl auto

[Mk2Jo]

[stuartp]

got the replacement hose in the post today too so all will be well once more

 

(until that nice new replacement hose moves the pressure elsewhere and another hose goes!)

[bortaf]

Allways carry gaffa tape and some zipties, for this very reason

you'd have got a few weeks out of a repair using those

[stuartp]

Allways carry gaffa tape and some zipties, for this very reason

you'd have got a few weeks out of a repair using those

 

gaffa tape, spare clips etc all in the car at all times

 

the hose is leaking from the block end and i just couldn't squeeze the duct tape round it well enough