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Subject:Re: hose clamp/ Easy vanagon repairs,
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:04:36 -0700

So  ,  ,  ,  you had the drips 'cause of clap?

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Ollikainen" <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: hose clamp/ Easy vanagon repairs,

> At 5:13 PM -0400 6/3/01, Brian Honan wrote:
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> >>Now, the small coolant leak I had wasn't leaky heads, it turned out
> >>to be a faulty hose clamp!
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> >What kind of clamp?
> >This could sway the clap debate.
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> >Brian
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>         Uhhh...cure for the "clap" is penicillin.
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>         Cure for leaks under hose clamps is generally replacement of
>         hose IF it's a spring clamp, as opposed to a screw clamp which
>         **may** have some tighter adjustment possible...
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>         Having struggled with the removal/replacement of one of the
>         extremely short hoses supplying coolant to the oil cooler,
>         I have a definite preference for the screw clamp...
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