Thread: Wild Canary down---cheesy aftermarket parts.

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Last week I was at the local Saturday night "cruise-night/car show", and about half way thru the evening, the rodder next to me pointed out a big greenish puddle under the Canary, and said "Hey--Is that out of your car?". I got down and crawled around---nothing dripping---nope, couldn't be mine---"must have been there when I parked"!!! I drove home and parked, never thought any more about it. On Monday I backed out of the garage to drive up to the bank, and "Hey---Whats that trail of leaked "something" following me out the driveway????" I stopped. opened the hood---and sure enough, I've got a leak, right at the joint between the waterneck and the intake manifold.---------So--------I pull the waterneck, and sure enough---there's the problem---When I built the car 3 years ago, I managed to screw up the o-ring installation, and part of the o-ring was not seated in the groove in the base of the water neck!!!---funny though, that it never leaked before this. Anyhoo---off to the parts store to buy a new o-ring (which is a whole saga in itself). Installed the new o-ring, bolted everything back together, and filled it up with a water/anti-freeze mix, and---WHAT THE HELL---WHATS THAT DRIPPING SOUND????? Take another look, and its still leaking in the same place. THIS CAN'T BE!!! Out come the wrenches, take it all apart again---what the HECK is going on??? I hold the waterneck up to the light and look at the inside of it---Holy Nuts---I can see daylight thru the side of the friggin thing!!! The upshot of the story is that it wasn't my funky o-ring installation. The side has rotted out of my pretty chrome water neck--after only 3 years---running a water/prestone mix, (which is supposed to have lubricants and rust inhibitors in it). That sucks WITH BIG LIPS!!! So---I call my mail order hot-rod supplier in Milton Ontario,---Yes, we can sell you a new one, but we'll have to order it in from the States---Canary is still down, new part should be here Monday.