Steve; Forget the pressure test, it's pretty useless. The pressure cap limits pressure to about 10 to 12 psi. Just look at the coolant reservoir. If it's 100% filled with coolant then the system is fine. If there is ANY air in it then I would say there is a 99% chance of trouble. There is a small chance it was not bleed correctly after maintenance. To verify have a mechanic "sniff" the overflow tank with the wand on his emissions tester. If any hydrocarbons are present run don't walk from this one. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:35:51 -0600 Steve Delasalle <sdelasal@YAHOO.COM> writes: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_00F2_01BF8DFD.451AF4A0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I've asked for a cooling system pressure check on a water cooled van = >that I'm considering to see if there's >any evidence of leaking cylinder heads - is this a good idea?, What is >a = >reasonable pressure to expect?=20 >any better ideas? =20 > > >Steve > >------=_NextPart_000_00F2_01BF8DFD.451AF4A0 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = >http-equiv=3DContent-Type> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've asked for a cooling system = >pressure check on a=20 >water cooled van that I'm considering to see if there's</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>any evidence of leaking cylinder >heads = >- is this a=20 >good idea?, What is a reasonable pressure to expect? </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>any better ideas? </FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Steve</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_00F2_01BF8DFD.451AF4A0-- ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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