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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2009 14:25:58 -0400
Reply-To:   David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:   David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:   Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
Comments:   To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:   <4A0D8121.3090907@comcast.net>
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At 10:50 AM 5/15/2009, Ken Wilford wrote: >What pops it out of the end of the pipe is coolant pressure not some >type of "toothpaste tube squeeze" effect. Think about it, is the clamp >getting tighter and tighter like the toothpaste tube? Of course not.

Agree, it's the pressure/temperature cycling that gradually milks the inserts out of the pipe ends.

>You can hit your pipe ends back in with a hammer and sometimes get six >months or a year out of them before they pop off again but they could >also pop off in the next 10 miles. It is a time bomb just waiting to go >off (in my opinion). Why chance it?

Ken, here's where you need to slow down and listen: the whole point of the GoWesty kit is to *retain* those inserts and prevent them from working their way out again. That is the thing and the whole of the thing. They introduce a mechanical stop which is held in place by an external lip and hose clamp.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"


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