sweet victory

I was reading another thread on here a while ago where a MY99 owner (or 98?) had clearance issues with coolant lines he replaced and it turned out Porsche changed some of the hardlines and hoses. You will run into clearance issues if you had mix-matched some of the revised lines with the old design lines. Slim chance but I thought it would be worth mentioning.

rolex11

There is about 1/4 inch of clearance just can't see from the angle. Actually they could be touching and that wouldn't matter since one is rubber and the other is metal, it's just the metal tab that matters. I suppose if they were bucked up against tightly then the band of the clamp would be an issue.
Any how they are apart.

Here is a picture from another angle, yo can actually see both tab. This is also after I twisted the clamp so the one tab isn't hitting the metal hose.

rolex11

Photo rotated for some reason, the top is where the expansion tank is.

Forgot to mention, drove 30 some miles with burp vale open after topping off about a 1/2 inch of coolant. Level remained topped off and the patch is holding fine. Given it was just a pin ***** size hole, I'm callin' this DONE.

Will update if fails.

Thanks guys.