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Date:         Sat, 5 May 2012 16:01:49 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Back From Mothballing, Mystery Coolant Leak - bump
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4FA55F72.5040102@gmail.com>
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At 01:12 PM 5/5/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >This can't be good news.

Think of it this way...it's time. Just like it's time -- *really* time -- for that H-shaped plastic bomb back by the pressure tank, and the pressure tank itself if it hasn't been replaced already. Since the H-thing is NLA, someone needs to start making up an equivalent from copper tubing or such. There's a metering hole in the middle of the thing, it's not complicated but not totally simple either. For the tank, look for internal stress cracks in the neck area and around the midsection flange. If you can't see through the tank to find the cracks, consider it toast.

And when you're bleeding Mr. Quite Rightly after his new radiator, handle the bleeder valve in the engine compartment very very gingerly. That's another plastic fitting that's past its sell-by date and probably NLA.

Yrs, d


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