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OK , so I have a broken part on this piece,

bolted to the rear bulk head behind the engine. it is obviously somesort of connection for the water pipes from the engine bay to the rad... there is a twiddly nob bit then below that is ( or should be a small pipe) that leads to the engine....



Mine snapped of when the monkey ( me ) forgot to unclip it when I took the engine out , to be fair I was doing it on my own without a hoist.

Anyhow my question is, is the twiddly nob bit somesort of blead valve ? and ifso in the closed position does it stop water from passing into the small pipe ( aprox 3mm diameter) if that is the case then it is less of a worry at the mo as I can just bung up the other end with a temporary stopper and keep the twiddly bit shut...

I would buy a new one but my early cooling system seems to be as rare as a rare thing

1.9 DG

It is a bleed valve yep, and that whole molding is available from jk now i believe? Though it was nla for some time. .

slowcoach wrote:It is a bleed valve yep, and that whole molding is available from jk now i believe? Though it was nla for some time. .

Thank you for your reply, I have had a look on JK web site but cant find it... what is it called ? this may help with my search.

ignore me....just found it !! looking with my ar$e again !




If I had the money....

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super bling

Cripes, for that money I'd either be raiding the local plumbers merchants or assembling bits of scrap and coming up with my own solution. Thats insane. Its not as if thats a really complicated junction!

In this instance I think I'd gently cut a thread into that broken piece and screw in a small section of threaded pipe. As long as you stick reasonably close to metric sizes it should be dooable. Glue would be useless in that environment I think.

I think I will give it a go... good idea !

Im still really struggling with my thermostat housing.... so any money I can save, and one more problem sorted would be fantastic !!

Mine snapped off there too, if you carefully file away some of the 'bridge' under the broken spigot you will be able to get the pipe back on.

Mine broke a few years ago now when you couldn't get them but I think I would just buy a new one if you can.