Ah crap, 01V6, a few weeks ago I attempted to repair the coolant octopus hose setup in front of the engine. I found that the JB WELD Marine epoxy is great stuff, it adheres like a rock to plastic. And to stainless steel, but the steel must be clean, somehow my pipe was contaminated and the WELD did not stick, so a small leak developed at the small hose connector on the octopus. I decided to save some time and just get a new aftermarket part. The OEM's have a connector failure and the aftermarket tend to stress fracture at the small nipple pipe and I found the large pipe to be fractured also under the attached hoses. This octopus really needs to be made of metal. This will be my 3rd or 4th one at 207K miles. I also found the original coolant hose attached between the octopus and the top of the engine to have the interior rubber reverting back to it's original liquid state. It was just black goo inside and I could see flecks of black in the antifreeze. So I changed that out also. Removed a couple of ford hose clamps and installed good worm clamps instead. Those ford clamps can be a PITA to get off sometimes. I had to cut one off with my dremel tool. After 17 years parts to not want to come off easily. Anyway, car is running, got my heat on. Success.
