Hello, everybody.

I put in a new water pump and thermostat in our 245. I got the car up to running temperature and there is a leak where the coolant bypass hose (the red metal one) meets the water pump. I put in the new o-ring gasket durins insallation, but I stripped out the little clamp bolt that goes below the hose. I had it on there pretty good, and then stripped it trying to get the nut on the back on tighter. Is it important to get that clamp really, really tight?

Any suggestions besides a new clamp bolt? I am worried that the hose didn't meet the o-ring very well.

Thanks in advance.
-pu

Sorry if this post is repeated
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((1992 244, 100K)) ((1987 245, 270K)) San Diego

" I am worried that the hose didn't meet the o-ring very well."

By "hose" you mean Pipe, right? The PIPE doesn't "meet" the o-ring. The o-ring goes on the pipe, before the pipe goes in the hole in the pump.

Maybe you can get it out and still use it. And maybe it will hold without the nut -- since it is a (rigid) pipe, and is fixed in place by that hard-to-get-at bolt near the back.
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Bruce Young,
940-NA (current)
'80 GLE V8 (Now gone)
'83 Turbo 245
'73 142 (98K)
'71 144 (track modified--and going to be crushed unless...)
New 144 from '67 to '78
Used '62 122 from '63 to '67