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• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:35:22 -0700
  ...list@mischko.com>wrote: > My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > I cleaned up the fluid on the front bumper and it...
• Volks Conversions rear-disc kits (Australia): AVOID!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:19:21 +1200
  ...The quality of the brake disc castings is also very poor, I found multiple pinhole imperfections in mine. I subsequently found out that John...
• Re: suggestions for truck bed or other product to refresh undercoating
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Tue, 4 Jul 2017 16:14:54 +0000
  I am alwats leary of putting on undetcoating as it can get pinholes cracks etc and trap moisture. I have always used a number...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:15:47 -0500
  ...These switches have diaphragms that can develop pinhole leaks and behave oddly, gradually getting worse. Incidentally I believe a 24 mm deep socket will...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:00 -0400
  ...Ideas? Looks like the state of California will shell out $500 to help fix it, but what to fix? Could pinholes in the exhaust...
• Re: need headlight lenses
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:51:29 -0700
  ...They flunked me on my > right headlight lens which has a pinhole and there's water inside. Grr. > > My left one has a small...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:57:21 -0600
  ...Neil - you have a >> manometer rigged right now, wanna test my hypothesis? Put a >> pinhole in >> the input tubing for your bleed. To plug...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:18:42 -0400
  ...is power steering fluid generic? > ::: > :::Joy, > ::: > :::You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is small > :::enough that no fluid...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:46:55 -0700
  ...line with some marine hose. >> The steel pipe had developed a pinhole leak on the welded seam, not a case >> of rusting from outside...
• Re: Air conditioner--hard lines?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:32:16 -0700
  ...In our business, we manage apartments and see older A/C condensors and evaporators fail by developing pinholes in the aluminum coil material, often...
• Re: intro
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 17:20:19 MST
  ...Incidentaly, anybody got a spare brake booster they wanna sell/get rid of? My diafram's got a pinhole leak in it that really...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:09:43 -0400
  ...Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. I cleaned up the fluid...
• Re: Seam Rust '87 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 10:29:23 PDT
  ...Also I had a pinhole (up from the wheel well) into the pannel, right where the two seams come together, so I blased that...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:24:08 -0700
  ...Neil - you have a > manometer rigged right now, wanna test my hypothesis? Put a pinhole in > the input tubing for your bleed. To plug...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:24:37 -0400
  ...is power steering fluid generic? >::: >:::Joy, >::: >:::You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is small >:::enough that no fluid...
• Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
  Historical mailing list - "Helen Fahy (by way of David Beierl )"
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:15:43 -0400
  ...flow through the leak. > > Even if there were only a tiny pinhole-size bore in the tube it would still > transmit pressure correctly -- unless...
• Re: Coolant leak update
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:47:15 -0500
  ...If you didn't replace yours, and live in a rusty climate, check carefully for pinhole leaks in these pipes. Needless to say, I...
• Re: HELP!!! Changing coolant pipes under a diesel westy...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:40:10 -0800
  ...The pipe was leaking, weeping through tiny pinholes, where it went over the gas tank.I only noticed it after i had dropped the...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 05:56:04 -0400
  ...Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out > > My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > I cleaned up the fluid...
• oil on clutch
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 05:46:49 -0800
  ...Must have been a pinhole in the hose and it hit just right with the air stream to cause it to slip in the...
• Re: Coolant Leak, Cold Weather
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:12:51 -0800
  ...Useless for anything much bigger that a pinhole, but did seal my head gasket (to the outside, didn't work on my combustion chamber...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:24:55 -0700
  ...With the age > of these > cars it has often rusted and the problem starts as a > pinhole leak > that is often to small to...
• Re: Acura overheating question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:58:24 -0500
  ...I saw another small hose near the intake manifold had a pinhole leak. Fixed that, but coolant was everywhere under the hood. Started the...
• Re: Ethylene glycol can self-ignite at 782 degrees?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:19:53 -0500
  ...8:40 Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > > > >> Just read this on an RV site: > >> > >> *A pinhole-size leak in a radiator or...
• Re: Draining the coolant system... ?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 12 May 2004 09:37:31 -0400
  ...It also means that if I find air up there later, I know I have a head gasket problem or a pinhole leak in...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:59:20 -0800
  ...one of them was caused by me working on the > engine - pinhole leak. The other two caused by a bad cap. > > My similar tale...
• Re: replacing plastic "adjustors" to attach headlights; license plate light bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:38:24 -0400
  ...the water, and I'm studying the > :::pinhole. > ::: > :::I had a couple of suggestions on pinhole repair - clear silicone, > :::aquarium > :::sealant, and a windshield...
• Westy Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:52:39 -0600
  ...In order to make my "tidy" solution work it required just drilling a pinhole through the bead on the shelf so that the wires...
• Re: replacing plastic
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:29:17 -0700
  ...the water, and I'm studying the > > :::pinhole. > > ::: > > :::I had a couple of suggestions on pinhole repair - clear silicone, > > :::aquarium > > :::sealant, and a windshield...
• Re: Ethylene glycol can self-ignite at 782 degrees?
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:46:08 -0700
  ...8:40 Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> > napisał(a): > >> > >>> Just read this on an RV site: > >>> > >>> *A pinhole-size leak in a radiator or...
• Re: Vanagon fire
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:13:49 -0600
  ...Mine was a pinhole leak in the gas pipe at a small insignificant looking corrosion spot. His was the air box wasn�t sealed...
• Re: California help needed ! URGENT !
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:04:54 -0400
  ...Is your leak a pinhole leak? If so just get a standard leak patch kit from a hardware store. (Piece of soft rubber, stainless...
• Re: Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
  Historical mailing list - Scott and Norma
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:27:53 -0800
  ...it as plumbing -- if you put a disk with a tiny > pinhole (high resistance) in a water pipe, and then measured the pressure > with...
• NVC: VW vacuum actuated heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 29 May 2007 15:38:33 EDT
  ...maze that slides to different positions and allows vacuum into little pinholes then sends it to a servo to open a heater door flap...
• Paint/Derust
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:21:02 -0700
  ...Bondo! Many nooks and crannies were flakey, and some of the "pinholes" that looked like simple spots of exterior rust had actually spread way...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:04:28 -0400
  ...is power steering fluid generic? :::>::: :::>:::Joy, :::>::: :::>:::You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is :::small :::>:::enough that no fluid...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: How To Test Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:10:13 -0500
  ...Also when epoxy-dipped tantalum capacitors short and fail they often squirt a tiny streak of metal through an almost invisible pinhole in the...
• Re: Rusty Transmission, Remove the Rust or Not?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:52:50 -0400
  ...20 pinholes!!!! Ok, so i'm sitting in my chair thinking, that van was not leaking oil like that when i got it, what...
• Re: more Rust solutions...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:49:43 EDT
  ...all it takes is one little pinhole - to start to let water behind that caked on tar and it will start to seperate from...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 23 May 2007 15:33:26 -0700
  ...state of California will shell out $500 to help fix > >it, but what to fix? Could pinholes in the exhaust cause bad HC readings?
• Re: need headlight lenses
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:25:40 -0700
  ...They flunked me on my > right headlight lens which has a pinhole and there's water inside. Grr. > > My left one has a small...
• Final Parts list and request for confirmation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:03:36 -0400
  ...The other is Beige, straight, but rusty at the bottom (multiple pinhole rust-throughs). My intention is to strip the Beige door for Paul...
• Re: disappearing coolant??
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:44:23 -0400
  ...To me this suggests a slow leak, possibly a pinhole in the radiator. It's normal to have to add a little coolant as...
• Re: new windshield from Safelite Autoglass
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 17 May 2009 13:12:11 -0400
  ...It has shrunk 1/8" from the old edge where the factory rubber was and hence I was getting a pinhole of exposure on...
• Re: Water leak on the passenger side creating a pool of water in footwell
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:53:34 -0400
  ...van ) then place the a tube of clear silicone with a pinhole tip to tightly inject the sealant in place. Then while it is...
• Re: Mysterious Coolant Drip 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:37:24 -0700
  ...Anyway -- I have a pinhole leak at that junction, and it looks like it's either been welded or brazed already -- poorly.� There is...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 07:36:47 -0500
  ...Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out > > > > My new 85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > > I cleaned up the fluid...
• Re: replacing plastic "adjustors" to attach headlights; license plate light bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:20:41 -0500
  ...the water, and I'm studying the > :::pinhole. > ::: > :::I had a couple of suggestions on pinhole repair - clear silicone, > :::aquarium > :::sealant, and a windshield...
• Re: Pressure testing the Propane tank on a westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 06:27:35 EDT
  ...Small pinholes develop here first. If no leaks are found then you can clean the rest of the tank with a wire brush or...
• Re: need headlight lenses
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:18:25 -0700
  ...About $40.00. ::: > Ron mentioned those to me - but as protection for the new headlights, > not as a way to sneak my pinholed light...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:40:20 -0700
  ...Neil - you have a > manometer rigged right now, wanna test my hypothesis? Put a pinhole in > the input tubing for your bleed. To plug...
• Re: Q:Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap Size for power bleeder?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:21:56 -0700
  ...Half a second later I realized what it was and ran over to the driver door to find a pinhole-sized stream of brake...
• Re: [84GL cutting out]
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:28:31 EDT
  ...You may have pinholes on the top of your gas tank which are allowing water to enter the fuel system either directly or as...
• Re: Propane Tank, Fittings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Jul 2016 10:04:56 -0400
  My tank had rust pinhole blowout to the left of the fill valve. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: Edward Maglott<mailto:emaglott3@gmail.com...
• My 71 bus update.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:57:21 +0600
  ...Both covers had pinhole leaks in them, but no water had gotten inside. Strange. I also had to install one of those aftermarket rear...
• cooling, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:19:19 -0400
  ...however, we discovered that it had some pinhole leaks, and so replaced it with a new Behr radiator. But, the tech then called me...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 15 May 2020 16:29:07 -0000
  ...same unit.  I will investigate! Don't think it's a pinhole leak but i will look further. Thanks for the tips everyone Jeff...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:55:42 -0800
  ...It is a small slightly larger than pinhole sized hole in cap that covers brake fluid resorvoir. > What I am puzzled about is brake...
• Re: California help needed ! URGENT !
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:00:46 -0400
  ...look > for a more reasonable priced solution. > > Is your leak a pinhole leak? If so just get a standard leak patch > kit from a...
• Autostop Valve Problem Solved - Repair proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 07:39:18 -0400
  ...When the valve is open, there a pinhole vent built into the body of the valve which bleeds air from the valve as the...