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MG MGF Technical - Possible cause of water loss

Had a VVC in the other day customer complaining of coolant loss, albeit no significant drop in the expansion bottle, after laying on my back for half an hour stareing up at the bowels of the engine bay I could not identify any leaks...until we turned the heater to the max position(engine running and up to temp) the spring hose clips were allowing water to weep pass the joint, this was even more noticible after the engine was turned off and heat sink etc caused expansion in the system and several drops would force past the clips. The MGF has about 33 hose clips that is a serious number of potential leaks, the clips used are the quick assembly type that are a leak waiting to happen IMO. solution , new type of stainless high performance fastener that will hold at least 44bar. I will be stocking this new clamp in all the relevant sizes, costs? For a full set of 33 about £58inc vat and UK carriage, as a rough guide the clamps vary between 1.30-2.0 pounds each. This may help people with mysterious water loss and possible cause of overheating, not every one checks the water level between services!
Mike.
mike satur

Hi,

Mike, I'm interested in these hose clips. The standard MGF clips seem so frail, are they designed to blow off? I haven't seen them on any other model. I'm reluctant to use standard Jubilee clips as the worm drive slots cut into the hose. Do yours have a solid band where they touch the hose?

Any news on the sound deadening spray?

Regards, Kes.
Kes

Kes, the clamps have come in to-day,yes they have a solid band and the edge is turned up so as not to cut into the hose, far better than the usual worm drive clips that are available. Don't know if the standard clips were designed to 'blow off' no luck in that department.
The suppliers of the sd spray have had a problem with the cannisters and were waiting for a new production batch to be made, this is being progressed and i will post a note here and on the web site when in stock.
Mike.
mike

This thread was discussed between 15/03/2001 and 16/03/2001

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