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Adam:
Took, the corvette out for its daily flight and I noticed a slight and non consistant power loss, hmm, methinks, loose plug, maybe sh*@ engine?

no.

Upon inspection I found a little rubber cap that sits on the manifold had a crack which was now a coolant leak. The higher the revs, the further it sprayed. Whats more it sprayed forward onto the fan which evenly distributed coolant all over the engine bay...YES!

Cost of rubber cap = 99c
Cost of cleaning = a few hours

Just somthing to think about next time u pop the hood....


Adam

77CVT:
Ouch!  At least it wasn't anything terminal.

Brutus:
With cars as old as ours, it pays to check them out just that little bit more often.
It's a never ending thing, but that's just the way I like it.;laugh

Vette Obsessed:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by Brutus
With cars as old as ours, it pays to check them out just that little bit more often.

--- End quote ---


I don't think age has anything to do with it when it comes to most Corvettes.  Then again, maybe I like to look for excuses to pull things apart...:mmm

rebel:

--- Quote ---Cost of rubber cap = 99c
Cost of cleaning = a few hours
--- End quote ---


Lesson Learned .... priceless ...

- sorry, couldn't help myself ;laugh

Seriously though, I had a similar thing happen with the cap on my water reserve bottle. There was no power loss or anything except that the fans kept running, but green coolant all over the place !

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