I wouldn't expect it to last much longer, I RK'd a GE on the return leg of an interstate trip, forgot to check oil before I left and had to get hard on the brakes to avoid an accident and sure enough clackclackclak..... :(
Dumped a couple of litres of gear oil in it to make the last 600Km's...
I wouldn't have said it if I hadn't gotten the data points on my own car, while some may get away with the temp rise and bullshit on that they don't run a tray if your cooling system is marginal in any way and this includes a blocked/damaged Rad or AC Condenser core it can be enough to tip it...
At 60+ Mph a missing tray will be an 5>10c rise, they're available you just have to pay for it.
There will also be a heap of missing plastic blocker panels from around the Rad if your Mk3 is like most of the ones I've seen here, fucktards bin them over the years then people wonder why does my...
Personally I wouldn't use it submerged it's not designed for that...
I have never seen a single valid test done on these replacement lines/fittings showing any improvement over the stock hardline, I ran stock with 0 issues.
Not saying this is your issue, my guess is it's touched a bearing...
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