Sprung a leak (coolant pipe) Semi urgent!

[Woodyman84 3]

Stopped at traffic lights i got steam pouring out of the Engine bay

It seems the Coolant pipe that comes out of the head just above the exhaust manifold heat shield and goes into the large moulding (like a moulded Tsection)

Its leaking from around the Clamp, those old clamps seem to eat the dam hoses!

As its so far down could i get away with cutting a small piece off and refitting

Cant think of any other ideas an i dont fancy finding out the price of that pipe!

There seems a bit of slack on that pipe so id hope i could get away with it

Thankyou in advance

sorry quick edit, will i have to drain the system to remove this pipe. im guessing yes

[russj249 2]

Just make sure its cold, take the cap off the water bottle and just pull the pipe off. You'll loose some coolant but won't have to drain the whole system. You should be able to cut it down a bit though and put a jubilee clamp on it instead, but I'd have a look for another one just incase.

[Lukey. 381]

You might even be able to get away without disconnecting the hose, if you cut a little off the end by running a knife right round then take the end bit away and push the hose on more, repeating until the damaged area has been fully removed.

[Woodyman84 3]

Thanks guys I did think about the second option but couldn't seem too shift it. Took pipe off an cut bout 2cm off it an rejoined. All fine. Did lose bout 2 litres of coolant which was a pain but topped up now and seems to have bled itself.