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Re: Overflow coolant Tank
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:33:21 -0600
...tank cap. They only cost about $10.00 and over time the valve inside ages and does not let excess coolant and pressure get...
Re: disappearing coolant??
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:28:21 -0700
...engine and the heat begins to build, does the radiator cap get enough pressure to open. At least this is my experience and understanding...
Re: A Different Coolant Problem
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:35:40 -0500
Tom, if the pressure cap is leaking, then air can enter it just as coolant can escape. mcneely ---- Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET> wrote...
Air conditioning - 1988 GL 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:17:21 -0500
Where is the high pressure service port on this rig? The low pressure service port was obvious with a blue cap as the result...
Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:11:49 -0700
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Another cause of low oil pressure on these engines...
Cooling system woes (again, again, again-again)
Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:47:05 -0700
My '87 likes to barf out its coolant little by little through the pressure cap into the overflow tank to the point where the...
Re: One Time Coolant Leak
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:52:51 -0400
...might have happened? Check/clean/replace your pressure cap. That will either cure the problem or eliminate the cap as a suspect. Yrs, d
Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:37:25 -0600
...not that much pressure - keep in mind the air is coming from a tire (usually). There is a special cap that fits to the...
Was:Re: head gasket problem ?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:45:44 -0500
...What I meant to > say was that AFAIK, the Coolant Reservoir cap pressure > relief valve is set higher! than the "normal" operating temp > of...
Re: No coolant traffic
Historical mailing list - dylan
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:52:19 -0800
...the coolant from the reservoir tank to the pressure tank.� I installed a new cap and still nothing.� The bleeder valve on the thermostat...
Coolant Tank Issues
Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
Tue, 7 May 2013 06:25:11 -0400
...As soon as I loosened the blue cap pressure started filling it up from the rest of the water system. I quickly tightened it...
Re: CANCEL THAT: WAS Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity, now NO oddity
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:43:59 -0700
...it for sure. > try following what they say for pressure testing a waterboxer pressure > cap - they show you testing a diesel vanagon one, and...
Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:08:33 -0400
...Running pressure is likely somewhere around 7psi...but if you can't find the leak, you need to get closer to the rad cap...
Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 21 May 2017 12:31:10 -0700
...I plan to re-use a broken WBX blue coolant tank cap to build my tester. I probably have a dial type tire pressure...
Re: A Different Coolant Problem
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:04:50 -0700
...A leaking cap valve reduces the system pressure so boiling is >> more >> > likely to occur with a bad cap. >> > >> > Whether the "air" is combustion...
Re: impending winter maintenance (Syncro tire pressure)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:40:40 CDT
...check the TIRES for the proper pressures. not all 185/70R14 tires have the same Max Pressure or the same weight carrying capacity.
Re: Cooling System Weirdness
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:02:00 -0400
...the cap on the expansion tank operates as a sort of two-way pressure relief valve. If the pressure is too high in the...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:48:40 -0400
...After working on this for many hours I discovered that the pressure cap that came on the new expansion tank was defective, it didn...
Re: Fuel tank removal disappointment
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Fri, 5 Sep 2003 04:38:47 -0400
...Fuel pressure is good (at least normally, could not induce symptoms > while testing), new plug wires, cap, rotor, plugs ok, timing ok, hall > sender...
Re: Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 21 May 2017 16:53:54 -0400
...I > plan to re-use a broken WBX blue coolant tank cap to build my tester. > I probably have a dial type tire pressure...
Re: Coolant Leak from Coolant Reservoir
Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
Sat, 16 May 1998 18:07:50 -0800
> Since it is a closed system the increasing pressure of > expanding coolant would blow a hose loose. So at 15 psi the pressure cap...
Re: Coolant Explosion '86 Syncro
Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:58:05 -0700
What color WAS your expansion tank cap...black? All new tank caps are blue, I believe this was to reduce pressure and stop the...
Coolant Explosion - Followup and Response Summary
Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:25:59 -0700
...Excess pressure built up in the system and blew out the sensor. I am going to replace the main tank and cap and the...
Re: Bubbles! Fun with cooling...
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:58:31 -0500
When I had a cracked head on my '84 I was getting bubbles into the pressure tank with a good cap. New head old...
Re: VW radiator caps
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:32:50 -0500 (EST)
...cap on the Vanagon to leak pressure! You got it right! Eric Zeno
looking for a tool to pressure test my coolant system
Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 10:50:49 -0400
has anyone been there done that? I assume that you take off the burp tank cap and install the pressure tester there. Has someone...
Re: Propane Tank Capacity for '85
Historical mailing list - James W Wagner
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:39:14 -0400
...80% of the capacity is usable, so that there is no pressure build up. The overflow valve indicates 80% capacity from what I remember...
FS 84 vanagon gl
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 22 May 2008 22:25:52 -0400
...original rubber fuel lines and coolant hoses ok, but would suggest replacing, along with new coolant pressure cap (haven't replaced cap to limit...
Re: Coolant with Zero Pressure
Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:45:10 -0400
...add 2 degrees per pounds so if you got a pressure rad Cap of 16 pounds you add 32 degrees the boiling point 212...
Re: Headgasket diagnostic "trick"
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:51:11 -0700
...If there is pressure there when you remove the > pressure cap ... > yup .....exhaust and combustion pressure are getting into the cooling > system . > it's...
Re: Coolant Tank and Gasket
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:16:56 -0600
...them cold right to the bottom of the filler cap opening. > > the pressure cap also has to be good about the function of sucking...
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Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:50:22 -0700
...I have a couple of extra tanks that started leaking, detectable with the pressure tester. That aluminum tank sounds compelling. Also have several caps...
Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
Historical mailing list
Wed, 7 Sep 94 8:09:39 EDT
...There may be a way to pressure test the rad....and a rad cap if they have them. DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International...
Re: Euro-Engine: 85 Volkswagen Van, Cooling, Coolant, Air
Historical mailing list
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:08:08 EDT
...Also if you have a flow problem with a properly working pressure cap, and your waterpump is working properly, then it is probably your...
Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO Emissions Question
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:12:38 -0800
...But, no more leaks and the tank holds pressure. When I take the cap off it puffs out air like my other cars do...
Re: Oil pressure light 87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:04:00 EST
...my experience, an oil pressure switch conductor could be chafed or pinched somewhere along its tortured routing causing a capricious high resistance short. George
Cooling System Pressure Testing - make your own tool CHEAP!
Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:27:34 -0700
...used cap to remove the valving and attach an air compressor or hand tire pump to the pressure tank. Apply your chosen pressure (I...
Re: Aluminum coolant tanks. Why?
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:42 +0000
...The metal based tanks are much more tolerant and so is the pressure cap. In addition the standard design cap used with these tanks...
Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO Emissions Question
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:15:59 -0800
...Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO > Emissions Question > > > BenT is correct they do test the CAPS only. careful my cap was good...
Re: head gasket problem ?
Historical mailing list - wolfgang
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:50:13 -0500
...There's still an outside chance that the cap is the culprit. So here's my plan: A) Try a pressure cap that is...
Re: [WetWesties] Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:19:22 -0800
...Wait - I don't mean the overflow bottle just behind the license plate - I mean the bottle that houses the pressure cap and the...
Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:22:16 -0400
...I'd get the pressure cap tested toute suite. It's supposed to blow off any pressure over about 14 psi. And the whole...
Re: warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals>
Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:25:25 +0000
...pressure is enough to bulge hoses, are head seals also stressed? I've heard of engines doing perfectly well with no radiator caps. (early...
Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 18:55:59 -0400
At 05:54 PM 7/5/2001, Mark Dorm wrote: >Pressure cap? What exactly is this and where is it? The other day I...
Re: 84 Westy strange compression readings
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 02:38:44 -0500
...A cooling system pressure tester can be installed in place of the radiator cap. Pressure in the cooling system and hot coolant are not...
Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 9 May 2013 10:08:11 -0700
...I know > it holds > pressure (loosened it while warm!), and I know it can let > fluid/air in/out. > > > Yes, pressure caps are cheap...
Re: coolant overflow tank
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:03:51 -0700
...the tube that > connects to the pressure cap? > > I disconnected the connecting tube at the pressure cap, tried blowing > through it into the overflow...
Coolant cap tester
Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:26:03 -0400
Heres a picture of the gizmo I made to test the pressure cap. https://picasaweb.google.com/101787477383733954114/Vanagon Cheap Harbor Freight adjuster/gauge...
Re: 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:10:24 +0000
I've serviced the pressure relief valves in the Diesel oil pimp pick-tube before. You can remove the end cap, the plunger and...
Re: Another Stupid Tire Thread..was Re: 15" Wheel/Tire Report -
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:41:57 -0500
...Drop the pressure, drop the load >handling capacity. The 215s at 40 psi would be at 80% pressure, which means >you couldn't expect...
Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
Historical mailing list - courtney hook
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:16:19 -0700
...Holds pressure all > day and releases > easy. Did not have a back-up oil res cap, so used a Poulan > leaf blower cap > instead...
gas cap pressure tester
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 07:10:16 -0800
update i guess the smog house that i went to did'nt have the correct gas cap fitting to check my cap, after replacing...
Pressure Tester/Adapter for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:31:49 -0500
...to borrow one of their pressure testers. Unfortunately, their kit is only works on US-type radiator caps, not the screw-on VW type...
Re: Calculating Proper Inflation PSI for Tires
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:55:49 -0500
...99 >Load Capacity: 1710 lbs >Max Inflation Pressure: 55 psi > >The VW Silver Sticker for a 1988 Vanagon = front tire inflation of 39 psi...
Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:29:22 +0000
...and lightly go over the caps.> I read somewhere the other day that the really high powered pressure washers can damage and weaken the...
wasserboxer coolant bleeding: a repost
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:21:34 CST6CDT
...attach this hose to a 'replacement' washer fluid pump (about $12)-- the other end will be connected to the pressure cap (works from '84...
Re: coolant pressure gague
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:34:24 -0800
...If the pressure falls you likely have leakage if it rises extraordinarily try that new rad. cap you carry. -Dana- > This is certainly easy...
Re: Checking pressure cap function???
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:57:19 -0500
...My >> understanding >> is that the pressure cap should be venting at 15 psi. It is a new pressure >> cap. I have an 84 Vanagon...
Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:07:47 -0400
...The voltage from the > capacitor will begin to drop the instant a load is applied, since it's only > the pressure of so many...
Re: Coolant leak from coolant tank
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:23:39 -0700
...the pressure cap on the expansion bottle, will release pressure if it gets too high. If things are working right .........that will never happen...