Hi all,
I've renewed all my cooling system but my metal pipe is rusty and started peel in 2 points:



So if I touch that area, I could notice it's wet.
By looking at ePer, this is the part number I need:

7783455



Can't seem to find a new pipe, and ePer says new part would be around £75

Damn with those special 1.6 parts.
Changing the pipe would be hard too as I must remove the manifold and everything back there.

Would an epoxy glue would be good or it'd leak after a few months?

scrapyard? weld it?

See what eurocarecare.net. shop4parts or unto.pl want for the part. They're all happy to export.

It may be possible to get the old on TIGged up, but the chances are it'll just go somewhere else -- it's rotting because some fool forgot to refresh the anti-freeze.

The other alternative would be to get someone to fabricate one out of stainless.

There's a fuel tank sealant called Por-15, if you get the pipe off and slosh some of that round inside it may seal it, you could try painting it on the outside too.

for the record, i looked that part no. up on my newer eper and its discontinued item so you really are gonna have to either fix or make a replacement..

If it were me i think i would be cleaning it back and see if i could weld it over anything else, then get it powdercoated but depends how bad it is once you cleaned it up as to whether it would be doable.. As fingers says though you could get one fabricated, it is after all just a bit of pipe thats been bent, flange and 2 take offs welded on. Not sure stainless is really necessary though unless you want a nice shiny pipe, i would go for cheaper grade and get it properly powdercoated which is what fiat will have done originally.

I was just thinking that the material cost would be a tiny part of the job.

true true, i guess the powdercoating would prob bring the price upto about the same (if not more) than stainless which wouldn't need coating.. mmmmm, i'll get my coat.

Cheap (that is, cash in hand, do it behind the bosses back) fabricators in Israel can be found in nuclear plants, power stations, the IDF and, if you're feeling really, really, brave, Hamas.

I've putted some epoxy on it, seems to be fine now.
I think some of the leak was from one of the hoses anyway. I've changed the clamp and all dry now.