What's happening to it? Is it breaking? Is the gasket failing?
One thing that can eat gaskets in a hurry (UNBELIEVEABLY fast) is mixing two different kinds of antifreeze together. These days there are five different kinds of antifreeze, and they're not compatible with each other, and if you mix the wrong two together, they turn acidic and eat gaskets. I had one vehicle here that... I had to replace water pump gaskets every day for three days until I figured out that the antifreeze was two different types mixed together. I flushed & refilled with ONE type of antifreeze, and the problem went away entirely.
But... what's happening that YOU are replacing the water outlet?
The plastic water outlet flange keeps breaking in the same spot like there's too much pressure busting it off the base stays on and the seal is tight but the top of the flange busts off it happens about every 3 to 4,000 miles!
Ah! The only really rational explanation I can see for THAT one is mechanical stress, like perhaps the upper radiator hose is too short or the motor is moving too freely (like from a bad motor mount) under torque. The motor will rock under torque, especially with a manual transmission, as you accelerate and decelerate. It's that equal-and-opposite-reaction thing. If the motor can rock too far, it may be rocking so far that the upper radiator hose reaches the end of its flex and yanks on that neck, eventually stressing it so far that it breaks off. You might do well to check out the motor mounts carefully, even set the park brake & chock the wheels, then have someone rock the car back & forth (in gear) so you can watch the motor for unusually large movement.
I assure you - there's no way it's building up enough coolant pressure to blow that thing apart - the radiator core would never stand up to that much pressure.
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