Blatherskite = Gaelic. Originally a young girl obsessed with her appearance
to the point of talking about nothing else.

Jim

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> lol...
> ah ha !
> easy mistake to make if you havn't done it before, or not generally
> doing this test now and then.
> Things are not always clear in that book anyway. < really ...it's very
> 'german' ....and there are mistakes in it for sure.
>  try following what they say for pressure testing a waterboxer pressure
> cap - they show you testing a diesel vanagon one, and mention an adapter
> .....if you look up that adapter, it's for a diesel vanagon old style
> conventional cap, totally different than the blue waterboxer cap - so
> don't put 'absolute' faith in that book - combine what they say with
> logic and cleverness.
> Anything that was originally done in german ...there is always a bit of
> subtle oddness.   Written by engineer-type minds ...falls short in the
> real world now and then.
>
> and now you know..
> the point is to remove the vacuum line to the FP pressure regulator for
> the test.
> I only find a bad FP regulator ...not even once a year..
> like only one out of 50  ( or more  ) 1.9 wbxr vanagons.
> It's a test that needs to be done ..plus it's very easy to do.
>
> lol - I think you like the attention - it's cute.
> 'baltherskite' ..is that Yiddish ?
>
> scott
>
>
> On 8/19/2012 1:32 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> Fuel Pressure Regulator test (Bentley 24.25):
>>
>> With vacuum hose (2) connected spec: approx 2.0 bar, measured: 2.2 bar
>> PASS
>> With vacuum hose (2) DISconnected spec: approx 2.5 bar, measured: 2.2
>> bar HUH?
>>
>> The pressure did not change with the vacuum hose connected or
>> disconnected.
>>
>> BUT WAIT. FURTHER STUDY OF THE PHOTO ON 24.25 SHOWED THAT I DISCONNECTED
>> THE WRONG HOSE. I THOUGHT THE "2" WAS INDICATING THE SKINNY WHITE HOSE
>> THAT CONNECTS TO THE VACUUM ADVANCE ASSEMBLY ON THE SIDE OF THE
>> DISTRIBUTOR. FURTHER STUDY REVEALS A THIN BLACK LINE FROM "2" TO THE
>> HOSE THAT GOES TO THE AFT END OF THE REGULATOR.
>>
>> I am such a blatherskite. don't know how you people tolerate me.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>>