Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:14:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pressure test cooling system howto?
Comments: To: Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com>
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Thanks Alan, I'll check that out. I'm not even sure what hose I have in
there now, probably a cut up piece of the original Jetta heater hose. Time
for something new...

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shawn - go to a FLAPS and buy a Gates 19663 hose to replace that section.
> The Gates hose is about 3 feet long so you can choose where to splice it
> into your heater feed hose, where its easy to observe and maintain the
> splice.
>
> I had the same thing on a trip last december.  I don't think you can
> recreate the leak under static pressure, this requires pressure and water
> pump flow at full throttle.  Mine blew coolant everywhere at speed but as
> fast as you could stop and check the hose, not a drop. Mine kept this up
> for
> a thousand miles on that trip till I figured it out.
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have an elusive coolant leak in my 1.6TD which only appears under very
> > hot
> > conditions which I cannot reproduce on this little island... (none of the
> > hills are long enough!)
> >
> > --
> > Alan Felder
> > Austin TX
> > 82 Diesel Westy
> >
>



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Shawn Wright