hey guys start to fill the cooling system up and noticed a leak coming from around the thermostat housing. where a metal eblow comes out. whats the best way to fix this. and is it fixable. never encountered a problem like this before ---------- Post added 26-12-12 at 17:46 ---------- sorry guys having a look again its the welsh plug near the thermostat housing. looks like a prick to get out. can this be done with the engine in. im guessing i need to remove the inlet manifold

Yeah easy to do in the car, like ya said ya might have to remove the inlet manifold I've done it plenty of times leaving the manifold on

hey bud ive so far got all the welsh plugs replaced, bar this one near the thermostat housing any ideas the best way to do it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Put some chemi weld in it!

Hard to explain without being able to sketch but if you welded up a hoop sort of hitting apparatus you could make a tool that would allow you to tap the plug in square from this side of the water fittings

Quote: Originally Posted by dvsgmh [View Post] Put some chemi weld in it! sorry mate its not a vk Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

It's a dirty old VL who cares lol

every wog and his dog lol

Remove that tee piece, then that will get that out of the way! Then replace the tee piece with a new one. Its just pressed in

yer i managed to get it done without removing the tee piece as ive been told the t piece is $100 to replace and cant be reused