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Coolant leak at end of expansion bottle small bore pipe. 2.7.
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onthecut   
Sat Apr 25 2020, 04:00pm
Joined: Sep 20 2016
Member No: #2793
Location: West Mids
 Grovelling underneath doing an oils change happened to notice a little drip of anti freeze. Didn't make my day, as I reckon I've done pretty much all the potential leak areas (famous last words).

As luck would have it, should be as easy a fix as possible on a C6. It's the end of the small bore pipe tht runs from the expansion bottle to the spherical top plastic housing on the front corner of the engine (which is part of a hose assembly). Closer inspection revealed the spigot on the end of the pipe has effectively just rotted off.

Yet another piece of absolutely s**t plastic; something they seem to have used in abundance on the C6. I just don't understand it; I have a comparable age, comparable mileage Pug 206, equally festooned with plastic bits, not one of which has given out.

So -- if you are bored while under house arrest, might be worth a quick inspection ---- a stitch in time, etc. etc.

As far as I can ee, the pipe from the bottle is part number 1351 LN and the hose assembly to which it attached is 1351 KV.

Mike.
MGmike   
Sat Apr 25 2020, 04:49pm
Joined: May 21 2017
Member No: #3151
Location: South Queensferry
 Yep, one of mine failed at the engine end.

Replace both as a maintenance item at 10 years or 100k miles... That reminds me I need to do GU59
C6Dave   
Sat Apr 25 2020, 05:29pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Agreed, they are not good. I replaced both hoses plus the expansion tank which was also damaged and so I can now see the coolant level visually. Done when I replaced the leaking radiator last year.

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