so, while i was in south fl this past week i was heading to the beach to kick back and drink a few, when i noticed my coolant light go on. no biggie, been happening ever since my coolant flange needed replacement. i thought i needed o-ring assembly lube on the o-ring, since there was a slight leak. turns out that wasn't what was causing the leak. a couple miles down the road i notice smoke coming from the engine...fecking great. i pull over, pop the hood, look towards the back of the bay, and see its all wet...sweet. i look down by the coolant flange and notice the top screw going into the coolant hose on the right side of the flange is gone, and the connection is open. i pour lots of water in and drive back home, grab my moms car, and head to the dealer to get a new screw. i get there and the guy is like "good thing you decided to get 2 new ones, since they just updated the design of the screw due to past failures" thats just great. 1 dollar for the 2 screws and 30 bucks for a gallon of coolant. and they wouldn't comp it even tho their design was screwed up. oh well. i get back home, pop open the hood, now BOTH screws are gone. good thing i bought 2 just in case. reattached the hood and haven't had any problems yet, but we'll see...


oh and i asked the dealership for some o-ring assembly lube and they looked at me like i was retarded. i told them to ask a tech and he should know what im talking about...he didn't. i also went to autozone looking for some, but no luck. so where can i get this crap!?!?!?!?

 

Just a tiny bit of petrolium jelly will work.

 

good to know, thanx

 

with the emphasis on TINY

 

how tiny? and what could happen if i used too much?

 

just barely cover it. As light as possible

 

why so little?

 

you just want to be able to get it on. You dont want or need a glop of it lingering about.