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PAS leak

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:59 pm
by Bio
Hey all,

Back after a seriously long stint away after a very horrible breakup and a lot of other personal stuff and I'm looking at the 'lude which has been my daily all the while and it's not had the love it deserves.
The PAS cooler has sprung a leak and levels drop down reasonably quickly (max > min is about a month or less) so I'm looking to fix it before the next MOT.

Looking at old threads Mishimoto universal coolers were recommended. Is this still the general consensus or would it be better to get some microbore or similar bent, chop the old hoses and clamp it in to make a new cooler?

I've confirmed its not the hoses leaking and is indeed the cooler itself.

Thoughts appreciated.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:08 pm
by mercutio
mine has started doing this it was leaking from one of the pipes so i replaced the honda spring clamp with a jubilee clip that stopped that leak but made it leak somewhere else :lol: now i have to get underneath to find out where

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:05 am
by Bio
So annoying isn't it?
Managed to check it yesterday during my rad change and I think the cooler is actually split on the bend, just one more thing to add to the list thats ever growing I suppose!

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:06 am
by ek9sid
On mine, the previous owner has bypassed the cooler. It's still there, just the hose from the PAS reservoir now goes straight onto a pipe, which I presume goes down to the rack. The cooler looks very past it so I think they may have had a leak from it as well.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:14 pm
by damon
I just bypast my cooler aswell due to it rotting away.