The car is a 2002 Turbo X-50 and has a coolant hose with fitting that has popped out of a cast metal block located on the right hand side of the engine. This cast metal piece has an aluminum male sleeve fitting that is glued, yes glued into the cast metal block and wherein a rubber coolant hose clamps over the other end of the aluminum male sleeve. Apparently the glue holding these two parts together commonly fails and Porsche’s fix for this problem is to replace the cast metal fitting with the same part and NOT to re-insert the aluminum sleeve with a more long lasting solution, such as JB Welding, common welding or brazing. While I normally would not have an issue paying the cash to replace a part with a new one that fixes the original design problem, in this case, if the car were repaired by Porsche standards, I would only be replacing a broken part with one that will soon be broken. My mechanic has been ignoring Porsche’s recommended fix for some time and has been JB Welding the two parts back together. However, in this case the problem is access and in order to either replace the part per Porsche or JB Weld it back together, the engine has to be dropped and the upper portion of the engine removed just to get to the part. This involves about $2,500 of work to fix and a $10 problem. Since this appears to be a common problem, does anyone know of another way of sliding the male fitting back into the cast metal block without dropping the engine?

Your input is appreciated.