Technical Loss of water?
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Technical Loss of water?
If you can drill through the broken off shank (careful to not go too far.. or your drill will come out through the bottom of the hose.. 
you'll be able to get an EasyOut or stud extractor into it and that should unscrew it.
The Cinquecento has a similar arrangement and I've looked for any radiator bleed screw that might do the job.. but they (e.g. 71765572) tend to be M8 so too fat for the hole which seems to be an M6 or M7 (can't remember now).
Anyhow, you can get a regular plastic number plate screw into that hole, if you don't have a bolt with a flanged head .. but you will need to try a different O-ring. It has to fit the shank of the bolt, not the O-ring groove that is normally covered by the wide head of the screw.
If I turn up a better solution I'll post it. Someone once mentioned that the Land Rover radiator screw fits.... and you can buy those... but I dunno if that's true. They could be just the same size as the radiator bleed screw.
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you'll be able to get an EasyOut or stud extractor into it and that should unscrew it.The Cinquecento has a similar arrangement and I've looked for any radiator bleed screw that might do the job.. but they (e.g. 71765572) tend to be M8 so too fat for the hole which seems to be an M6 or M7 (can't remember now).
Anyhow, you can get a regular plastic number plate screw into that hole, if you don't have a bolt with a flanged head .. but you will need to try a different O-ring. It has to fit the shank of the bolt, not the O-ring groove that is normally covered by the wide head of the screw.
If I turn up a better solution I'll post it. Someone once mentioned that the Land Rover radiator screw fits.... and you can buy those... but I dunno if that's true. They could be just the same size as the radiator bleed screw.
Ralf S.
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If you can drill through the broken off shank (careful to not go too far.. or your drill will come out through the bottom of the hose..
The Cinquecento has a similar arrangement and I've looked for any radiator bleed screw that might do the job.. but they (e.g. 71765572) tend to be M8 so too fat for the hole which seems to be an M6 or M7 (can't remember now).
Anyhow, you can get a regular plastic number plate screw into that hole, if you don't have a bolt with a flanged head .. but you will need to try a different O-ring. It has to fit the shank of the bolt, not the O-ring groove that is normally covered by the wide head of the screw.
If I turn up a better solution I'll post it. Someone once mentioned that the Land Rover radiator screw fits.... and you can buy those... but I dunno if that's true. They could be just the same size as the radiator bleed screw.
Ralf S.
Thanks a very kind forum member is sending me a new hose, fitting it along with a new steel pipe from the water pump could be a serious PITA, along with new spark plugs, earth strap and clutch slave cylinder
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Do you think it's a good job I got a new steel pipe?
It's certainly one of those jobs fighting me all the way!
On a different note has anyone replaced the clutch slave cylinder (pipe+cylinder ) there seems to be a push ONCE fit connector how do you get it apart? Going to call in to Fiat before I bust it.
It's certainly one of those jobs fighting me all the way!
On a different note has anyone replaced the clutch slave cylinder (pipe+cylinder ) there seems to be a push ONCE fit connector how do you get it apart? Going to call in to Fiat before I bust it.
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Arrr I found the leak, the heater matrix, so I'm going to try and fix it, I will let you know how I get on, new part £23 delivered from Carparts4less.
Have to say thank you to Varesecrazy for helping putting my mind to ease.
Have to say thank you to Varesecrazy for helping putting my mind to ease.
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is it leaky in a similar place to the pics of mine..??
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Looks like it's leaking where the plastic meets the matrix
the plastic sides , or the in/out union..??
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Not the union, where the plastic meets the aluminium.
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Well its all fixed, yey, went really quickly to put back, I would guess you could get away without replacing the piping that goes through the bulkhead ( you get new ones with the new matrix) and just replace the "O" rings also supplied but I replaced the lot.
The time consuming bit is removing the pipe clips on the bulkhead pipes, until you know the trick to remove them.
The time consuming bit is removing the pipe clips on the bulkhead pipes, until you know the trick to remove them.
