Coolant reservoir broke!
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Coolant reservoir broke!
I was warned shortly after I bought my X-Type that this was a weak point on the car. The upper small nipple with the small hose on it broke off. No stress from the hose so I guess it was just the pressure that made it break. When I was searching for parts for my car last Fall I ran across a new one for sale for $45 so I bought it and put it on the shelf. Lucky me it happened about a block from home, so have a job for in the morning.
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I went through 3 X-Type, two of them broke that nipple, I check it out: It broke because the nipple hole was too small due to hot water and pressure goes through worn it out; When mines broke I cut it right against the reservoir, took the nipple to hard ware store, get the same size brass nipple with thread on one end, I drilled the hole slightly smaller than the thread end of the nipple, put a plastic or rubber washer and some silicon sealer on the thread then screwed into the hole, cost few $$ for the nipple and washer.
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