At 10:50 AM 5/15/2009, Ken Wilford wrote:
>What pops it out of the end of the pipe is coolant pressure not some
>type of "toothpaste tube squeeze" effect.  Think about it, is the clamp
>getting tighter and tighter like the toothpaste tube?  Of course not.

Agree, it's the pressure/temperature cycling that gradually milks the
inserts out of the pipe ends.

>You can hit your pipe ends back in with a hammer and sometimes get six
>months or a year out of them before they pop off again but they could
>also pop off in the next 10 miles.  It is a time bomb just waiting to go
>off (in my opinion).  Why chance it?

Ken, here's where you need to slow down and listen:  the whole point
of the GoWesty kit is to *retain* those inserts and prevent them from
working their way out again.  That is the thing and the whole of the
thing.  They introduce a mechanical stop which is held in place by an
external lip and hose clamp.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"