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Subject:Re: exhaust gas into coolant system
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:50:00 -0800

sometimes even just checking compression will make the leaking cylinder
apparent...
bubbles going to the pressure bottle on a bad cyl.

not always, but sometimes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: exhaust gas into coolant system

> At 12:47 PM 11/9/2010  -0500, John Mosley wrote:
>>what is the easiest way to determine which cylinder is leaking
>>exhaust gas into my
>>coolant system?
>
> Wow.  That's a poser, for me anyway.  Maybe put compressed air on
> each in turn and see which one makes coolant rise in the neck of the
> opened pressure bottle?  That would work for big leaks, I would think.
>
> Yrs,
> David