Problem replacing two coolant hoses
in 912 / 914 Technical Questions
11 years ago
Hi all.
I'm in the process of replacing all my radiator and coolant hoses on my Rotax 912S powered Titan Tornado II. It's all gone fairly smooth except for two collant hoses on either side, and on top of the engine. These terminate on coolant elbows that sit right under each intake manifold. The phillips head screws which secure the hose clamps (they are in vertical orientations) seem inassessible.
The only way I can see to remove them is with a very short hack saw blade and to replace them when adding the new hose with clamps that have a hex head that would allow a small wrench to tighten the new clamps, OR remove the intake manifolds.
I considered removing the socket head cap screws that secure the flange and coolant elbow to the cylinder head, but one bolt on each flange on both sides of the engine is also positioned directly under the intake manifold. I could grind an allen wrench down to possibly fit into the small space between screw and manifold, but could well run into interferance problems as the bolt is turned for removal.
Am I missing something here? Is there something I'm not considering? Any ideas??
Thanks,
Ron
I'm in the process of replacing all my radiator and coolant hoses on my Rotax 912S powered Titan Tornado II. It's all gone fairly smooth except for two collant hoses on either side, and on top of the engine. These terminate on coolant elbows that sit right under each intake manifold. The phillips head screws which secure the hose clamps (they are in vertical orientations) seem inassessible.
The only way I can see to remove them is with a very short hack saw blade and to replace them when adding the new hose with clamps that have a hex head that would allow a small wrench to tighten the new clamps, OR remove the intake manifolds.
I considered removing the socket head cap screws that secure the flange and coolant elbow to the cylinder head, but one bolt on each flange on both sides of the engine is also positioned directly under the intake manifold. I could grind an allen wrench down to possibly fit into the small space between screw and manifold, but could well run into interferance problems as the bolt is turned for removal.
Am I missing something here? Is there something I'm not considering? Any ideas??
Thanks,
Ron
