On Nov 9, 2010, at 9:47 AM, John Mosley wrote: > what is the easiest way to determine which cylinder is leaking > exhaust gas into my > coolant system? > thanks > jack 91 vanagon auto gl What's never failed me is to pull the plugs. The spark plug that has no deposits on it? That's your leaker. Steam is a marvelous cleaner of combustion chambers. Every time you shut the hot engine off, coolant is forced into that cylinder. Start the engine and instant steam in that hole. Jim |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.