SteveWallace
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 02:03 PM |
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sealing a thermocouple into a coolant hose
I have a coolant leak which is coming from where my top hose joins the radiator. The leak seems to be coming from where I have run the thermocouple
for my variable temperature fan switch (the blue edged dial) as in the following picture. I've tried to tighten the hose clamp as far as I
dare in the hope that the hose would deform enough around the thermocouple wire, but to no avail.
Is there any reason why I could not use gasket sealant or that blue silicone gasket maker stuff? I could smear some around the thermocouple and the
radiator hose connector before sliding the silicone hose on and clamping it down.
I suppose that for an even cheaper fix I could use some spare silicone bath sealant that I have lying around?
 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 03:31 PM |
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Yes or alternatively cut a couple of sections of bike inner tube and stretch them over the stub pipe, then fit pipe and sensor and hose as normal.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
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02GF74
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 04:35 PM |
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I cant quite see what you are doing there but the cappilary tube with sensor looks very much like the Kenlowe I have on my Landy. There is a short
length of rubber, shaped like a speed bump with a slot for the cappillary tube that fits in between the hose and radiator pipe, so when the hose is
clamped, the cappillary tube is sealed.
Give me a moment and I'll see if I can find what I am trying to describe.....
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02GF74
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 04:41 PM |
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here you go my little fluffy buuny
Kenlowe Seal For Hose Sensor £ 1.75
http://www.mgocspares.co.uk/acatalog/MGOC_SPARES_Kenlowe_931.html
[Edited on 20/10/13 by 02GF74]
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 09:13 PM |
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One of those speed bump things came with the switch and thermocouple, but it leaks far more when I use it than when I don't. Maybe its just not
a very good one, but is doesn't seal well either where the thermocouple wire is in the channel or where it tapers to meet the stub pipe.
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ste
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| posted on 21/10/13 at 04:59 AM |
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What about self amalg tape?
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