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Originally Posted by Clan
In the last 6 weeks i have seen 2 engines wrecked by the lower radiator hose leaking coolant .
The cause is the hose clip around the lower radiator hose on the radiator end , the clip goes rusty and breaks , the pressure in the system ( 20 + psi ) will then blow the hose off and your coolant is gone in a matter of a couple of seconds .
Check those hose clips .......
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Hi All,
Newbie on here, having just bought a 52 plate V40. Very nice car it is too...
First article I have read on here is this one, so off I went and dropped the undertray, and sure enough, despite the car having an extensive garage service history, there it was, yet another rusty bottom hose clip!
Amazingly, I managed to unscrew it, (after removing the expansion bottle cap to reduce any pressure)
It was very rusted and probs about 500 miles from snapping....
As mine was already a thicker jubilee clip I was able to replace it with a Jubilee 2A which saved me a trip to Ovlov.
Great forum, thankyou
PS are these subframes always this rusty?