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Whilst we were away I noticed a small coolant leak which a garage in France repaired- I just crawled under the van to check and the repair looks a bit iffy see picture below (I think they were trying to avoid losing anymore coolant). If I undo the jubilee clips to try and push the rubber hose onto the plastic pipe more, coolant starts to flood out. I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on how I can avoid having to replace a lot of coolant and fix this? Many thanks

The only way you will fix that permanently is with new front to rear pipes.

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Yes it's a temporary repair
Time to replace the pipework.

I had exactly the same thing. It took me a while to find where my coolant was going. I noticed a drip at the same place as you show in the photo. It got worse when I pushed the pipe. First I thought the clip had failed so I put a second one on. We went away for a week so I checked the coolant levels every day and topped up as necessary. On our return I had another look and concluded the hose had split so I ordered a pair of new ones. As I removed the lower hose the very end of the fixed pipe came away with the hose. I fitted the new hose and every thing is OK.
Kenny.

Thanks for your help. So I guess I need to buy these and look at replacing the pipes:https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/t3-parts/t ... etrol.html

I have a few questions:
How easy is it to do this job- I think you need to remove the fuel tank- also as I have a LPG tank where the spare wheel should go will this make it more complicated?

I have read the wiki https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Co ... overhaul_1 and it looks like it is fairly complicated.

Thanks again

As mine is purely a petrol engine it was an easy job to do, I just jacked up and supported the front end and removed the spare wheel. But I cant comment on your LPG set up. If you have access to the hose ends it should be OK. Have a good look before you start.
Good luck, Kenny.

Yep, those pipes need replacing as they'll only get worse overtime. Mine started with a small leak and I did the same repair your French garage did, but this only lasted for a short while.

I did mine with the help of my mate and changed the heater matrix pipes as well as thought this was a good opportunity why everything was off, including the tank, as I didn't want to do the whole lot again. I'll be honest in that it was fiddly and took about half a day in total, but I also replaced the last of the fuel hose that I hadn't changed previously along with new transmission fluid and I also wire brushed everywhere a coated with a load of Dynax S50.

Bear the above in mind as it's well worth doing.

Thanks for all your help- Looks like I will need to replace the pipes, and look at doing those other things at the same time- the Brickwerk website https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/brickwerks ... ant-pipes/ suggests checking
brake and clutch lines whilst the tank is out as well as the tank itself- sounds like it might be a good idea to change the popes on the heater matrix too.