Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:45:24 -0700
Reply-To: Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
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From: Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Subject: Re: Double T Trouble
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Electrolsis? It's electrolisys because there is electric current that
creates the process.
There is no current going thru coolant lines(at least i hope not). Besides,
the other metal, alu alloy of engine is too well oxidized to help with the
process. Leaky heads were due to poor choice of alloy for the engine in case
of "wrong coolant".
Leon
85 Subwagen westy
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Max Wellhouse
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 6:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Double T Trouble
Didn't someone say having any copper in the system would give electrolsis
problems and ultimately leaky heads again?
I'd make sure the 3M product will handle the heat. if it's a urethane based
adhesive from 3M, it prolly won't. PVC won't handle the heat either.
DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: Double T Trouble
> Rick,
> A couple of things you can do---
>
> One is simple, the other's are not so simple.
>
> In the event of an emergency, such as you described, simply pull of the
> hose to the fill tank, and loosen up the pressure cap on the expansion
> tank.
> Not too much----- just about a 1/8th of a turn will relieve enough
> pressure to slow or stop the leak enough to get you home.
>
> I did this 2 months ago, when one of the engine hoses split---got me
> home, and back to work the next morning with zero leakation.
>
> And as far as replacing the "H" coupling, I would go to "Ace is the
> place" and fabricate the piece from pvc, or copper tubing.
> I think the copper tubing unit, soldered together, would be a bullet
> proof solution.
>
> Or you could purchase some 3-M body panel adhesive, and rough out the
> crack, and apply some of this stuff-----it is the only thing I know of
> that will permanently bond polyurethane, or polystyrene.
>
> But the catch here is that the stuff is expensive,and comes in a larger
> quanitity than you will need---just hope you have something else you
> might want to permanently glue together----
>
> Later,
>
> ______________
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> ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
>
> Terry--
> 74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
> 85 GL- (Delilah)
> 86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "In life, it is much better to want
> something you cannot have---
>
> Than to have something you can't get rid of"
>
> (T.K.)
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