While i was changing lights on the car & doing my routine maintenance today i noticed that the hose that goes from the thermostate to the Coolant expansion tank & then back into the radiator is made out of plastic just like the famous T behind the engine ,when i touched it ,one side of that T snapped off leaving that side inside the rubberhose,lots of water pours out of it with a hot engine so to prevent that from happening again I drove down to the nearest Autobarn car store and purchased the same connection but in brass (metal) ,now it wont happen again .
Check your pipes at the front where the plastic T is on the left side going to the Coolant expansion tank ,but before you touch it make sure you have a spare ,if that brakes in the middle of nowhere you would be stuffed & stranded ,unless you have a few screws to close the hole there temporarily on the pipes where the water is coming out from (X3).
Only posting this to prevent this happening before it would happen to any of you guys ,the Autobarn car stores also sell the T that is at the back of the engine in Brass ,around $15 .
I think that this T connection at the front of the radiator there is on all w140's ,but the once affected by heat to harden that plastic pipe would only be the V8 & V12 .:thumbsup:
Check your pipes at the front where the plastic T is on the left side going to the Coolant expansion tank ,but before you touch it make sure you have a spare ,if that brakes in the middle of nowhere you would be stuffed & stranded ,unless you have a few screws to close the hole there temporarily on the pipes where the water is coming out from (X3).
Only posting this to prevent this happening before it would happen to any of you guys ,the Autobarn car stores also sell the T that is at the back of the engine in Brass ,around $15 .
I think that this T connection at the front of the radiator there is on all w140's ,but the once affected by heat to harden that plastic pipe would only be the V8 & V12 .:thumbsup: