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Subject:Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:11:36 -0600

What Altitude are you @ & were those numbers AdjustedForAltitude ~

                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 28 Apr , 2015, at 6:49 PM, Neil N wrote:

> On 4/28/15, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Could also be the dreaded crack in a head between an intake and exhaust
>> valve.
>
> Thanks. I'll search up on that possibility.
>
> Shameful part is that it's running pretty good.
>
> That river in Egypt (Denial) hopes it's just a leak due to a loose
> coolant hose clamp but....
>
> engine compression test done a while ago by a Vanagon shop showed:
>
> 130      120
> 140      140
>
> I posted results here and was told they were below spec. But since the
> vehicle had decent power and since, IMO, the tech may still have been
> an apprentice, I assumed
> the compression check may have been done incorrectly.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
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> Neil n
>
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