t6 thermostat housing bleeder line

[songzunhuang]

I feel your pain. This was a multi week ordeal for me. I went thought the metal pipe URO crap and then went to brass. I also learned about filing down the square corner. I posted a pic of that I believe. I took a razor saw to the timing cover as you mentioned. Having that slight extra seal is not worth the pain. Besides, where I live, it hardly ever gets bad weather so there no dirty water or slush being flung into that area. When I took the belt cover off, everything looked practically brand new.

The final frustration for me was the length of the straight brass pipe. Another user used a shorter piece but I couldn't get that to work. I had to get a 1/2" longer piece before I could complete the job. I took off the housing at least 3 times.

I'm glad to say that several months and thousands of miles later, everything is holding up wonderfully.

[Biovince49]

Bought one of the metal replacement bleeder fittings from e-bay. When received found it was too small to make a tight seal. Cannot remember how much smaller than original, but enough to not seal. anyway I scratched my head for awhile, and came up with a solution. Used small piece of 1/4" shrink tubing over the metal nipple to compensate. Greased it before installing, and all is well. Cannot break the metal one installing/removing the timing cover

[songzunhuang]

Interesting idea, but I'm wondering if heat shrink tubing will provide a watertight seal when the joint is under pressure and it heats up in a hot day? You'll have to let us know how it goes.

[Biovince49]

The heat shrink tubing is still providing a watertight seal after 2 months. I know it sounds like a hokey fix, but it worked.

[Biovince49]

Also want to mention there is not much pressure at this junction due to the small size of the hose.
Hope this helps someone with this issue. Was a quick and easy solution.

[Cees Klumper]

Thanks for letting us know the longer-term result, sounds like a great fix for this sub-standard URO part, hats off to you!