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Total washout today, sat on our arses till 4pm.

Let us out for restricted laps, somehow blew a coolant hose off when on the gas one lap :(

Then found the oil cooler leaking pretty bad once on the garage. Going to use a 180 fitting to bypass it and throw this cooler in the bin. Pretty bad quality for an Earls item, both fittings snapped off in the past, the brazing is just really bad.

Anyway, hope to be fixed in the morning for more aquaplaning :rolleyes:

Here is a skid from the other day.

Took it back to Earls when the second fitting snapped off, Martin wouldnt replace it because he said I should have come when the first one snapped?!

I said the brazing is obviously not strong enough as both fittings have snapped off... No dice.

Brand new cooler, both fittings broke off on first use, no refund?

Pretty open and shut, try once more then take it to fair trading.

Only questions I'd have are were the hoses supported well or able to move around fatiguing the joint? And when the fittings were done up was a second spanner used on the cooler end to make sure it doesn't twist.

Crap summer to be doing skids in a high power car, eh?

Brand new cooler, both fittings broke off on first use, no refund?

Pretty open and shut, try once more then take it to fair trading.

Only questions I'd have are were the hoses supported well or able to move around fatiguing the joint? And when the fittings were done up was a second spanner used on the cooler end to make sure it doesn't twist.

Crap summer to be doing skids in a high power car, eh?

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