I have a leak from one of the connections of the engine coolant hoses to the water heater on our MKll. It is difficult to get at, having to remove both my battery banks, removing hold down screws and sliding the tank forward enough to tighten the hose clamp by feel(cant see it except with a mirror). Did that, put it all back together... still leaks. Did it all again and completely disconnected the coolant hose which looked bad on the end. Fun, with coolant going all over the place until I could get plugs in the hose and heater tube! Cut off the end, added a new section of hose (of course after cutting it off it's too short!) connected with new hose clamps. After putting it all back together and running the engine, I am still getting some weeping out of the bottom corner of the square metal tank enclosure. Could possibly be residual coolant draining out of the tank enclosure after coolant pouring out from disconnecting the hose, but it has been 3 days.
Question, could there be a leak at the heat exchange tube going into the water tank? What is that connection, welded, screwed in etc, as I can not see it without completely pulling the tank. Any one had a similar problem? Looks like a difficult operation to remove the tank in a MK ll. Anyone done it? I have the Seaward 6 gallon tank in the square enclosure with heat exchanger connections on the back. Assume it is standard in the MK ll's.
Jack
Question, could there be a leak at the heat exchange tube going into the water tank? What is that connection, welded, screwed in etc, as I can not see it without completely pulling the tank. Any one had a similar problem? Looks like a difficult operation to remove the tank in a MK ll. Anyone done it? I have the Seaward 6 gallon tank in the square enclosure with heat exchanger connections on the back. Assume it is standard in the MK ll's.
Jack