My wife called to say to say the water temp alarm had gone off in her 2010 Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge.
I went to the car and found that a PLASTIC fitting in the engine block to which a coolant hose is attached had sheared off, dumping all the coolant water on the road.
It had sheared and left the threaded part in the block.
Maybe it was over tightened when the car was built, but why on earth would they use plastic for a fitting to the (very hot) engine block?
Has this happened to anyone else? I searched this forum and found no other instances, but I feel it is only a matter of time with any car using this part!
If you have had this problem, how did you get the threaded part back out?
I went to the car and found that a PLASTIC fitting in the engine block to which a coolant hose is attached had sheared off, dumping all the coolant water on the road.
It had sheared and left the threaded part in the block.
Maybe it was over tightened when the car was built, but why on earth would they use plastic for a fitting to the (very hot) engine block?
Has this happened to anyone else? I searched this forum and found no other instances, but I feel it is only a matter of time with any car using this part!
If you have had this problem, how did you get the threaded part back out?