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Subject:Re: Burps up coolant when parked warm.
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:17:19 -0400
At 05:45 PM 7/5/2009, John Rodgers wrote:
>What IS the correct pressure for the cooling system at operating
>temperature? I seem to remember seeing somewhere that it is 15 psi. As
>the 'Lil Boy sez "That ain't much!"  Standard temperature and pressure
>at sea live is  60 �F and 14.73 psi. If the operating pressure of the
>van cooling is 15 psi, and you get this big burgle - something is
>plugged up or there is air in the system.

That's 15 (13?) psi *in addition* to whatever the 
local atmospheric pressure is...

:-)
d

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