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Subject:Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:46:32 -0600

Strange that all these simple hand made soultions are discussed.
Anybody actually make any or just blue sky about them.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)

WEBTV   explains it all.........

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Robert Cardo wrote:

> Now here's a great idea.
>
> Gut an old pressure cap, thead in a Milton air coupler, and hook up the
> air hose direct to your air compressor.
>
> Yep, a great idea.
> Especially if you want to find out how much air it takes to explode
> every hose and coolant fitting in the system.
>
> Kiss your radiator, heater cores, and your head seals good bye.
>
> Why didn't I think of that?
>
> Forget the Snap on Man and his crummy  expensve precission testing
> tools.
> They are junk.
>
> I want to blow my cooling system up.
>
> Who let you out of your cage Eric?
>
>
> RC
>
>
> I made a tester by using an old cap. also. I removed the valving in the
> cap, so that air would easily go in. I then added a hose from the cap to
> my air compressor. This can easily over pressure the system, so you have
> to be careful.
> Eric
>
>

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