i've got an 2000 bmw with coolant flange made of plastic, real ticking time bomb there, right against the firewall too, if it breaks I'll scrape the car coz it'

i've got an 2000 bmw with coolant flange made of plastic, real ticking time bomb there, right against the firewall too, if it breaks I'll scrape the car coz it's in such a PITA area. They designed it that way.