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AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze leak!
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dklawson
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For future reference, some of the auto parts stores (and Eastwood online) carry UV dyes you can add to your oil and anti-freeze. You wash the engine off to remove oil and/or coolant as appropriate, add the dye, and run the engine for a while. At dusk or dark you use a blacklight to illuminate the suspect areas and the leak will "glow". You don't need the fancy and expensive blacklights sold in the parts stores, a simple blacklight from the home center will work just as well. The dye helped me quickly locate some leaks a couple of years back and was money well spent.
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Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
And I am sure Janel will have no problem finding the black light, I am sure she still has some of those velvet posters from the 70's on her wall. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My favorite was the bull fighter one !!
Paul
And I am sure Janel will have no problem finding the black light, I am sure she still has some of those velvet posters from the 70's on her wall. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My favorite was the bull fighter one !!
Paul
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Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
T'ain't likely the hose...unless you're one of those "born lucky" folks. The valve is most likely leaking internally from the diaphragm. They CAN be disassembled (remove a pop-rivet and "undo" the halves), but the diaphragm is a different animal. Molded shape, not available commercially that I've ever found. The exercise is more like watchmaking or plumbing than car repair, though. If you NEED to drive the car before the new valve arrives from the "usual sources" you can plug off the driver's side hose with an old spark plug (see why GUYS save these "useless" things?) and the hose clamp from the heater box connection. Blanking the valve port I've used everything from a plastic pipe plug and cut up beer cans between head and valve, to MAKING a blanking plate from 1/8" steel specifically for the purpose. NO HEAT, but Emma will get ya where ya need to go!
T'ain't likely the hose...unless you're one of those "born lucky" folks. The valve is most likely leaking internally from the diaphragm. They CAN be disassembled (remove a pop-rivet and "undo" the halves), but the diaphragm is a different animal. Molded shape, not available commercially that I've ever found. The exercise is more like watchmaking or plumbing than car repair, though. If you NEED to drive the car before the new valve arrives from the "usual sources" you can plug off the driver's side hose with an old spark plug (see why GUYS save these "useless" things?) and the hose clamp from the heater box connection. Blanking the valve port I've used everything from a plastic pipe plug and cut up beer cans between head and valve, to MAKING a blanking plate from 1/8" steel specifically for the purpose. NO HEAT, but Emma will get ya where ya need to go!
tony barnhill
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Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
Agree with Doc on the hose...& on my web site I've a tech tip on disassembling/cleaning/repairing the valve.
Agree with Doc on the hose...& on my web site I've a tech tip on disassembling/cleaning/repairing the valve.
tony barnhill
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Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
I'll get with Bob & get his new web site url...but, try the other part of the article - cleaning - & have chuck make a new daphragm
...the Munchusen article is about modifying the valve anyway - not something you need to wory about until after you solve the leak.
I'll get with Bob & get his new web site url...but, try the other part of the article - cleaning - & have chuck make a new daphragm
...the Munchusen article is about modifying the valve anyway - not something you need to wory about until after you solve the leak.
Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
JB...the gaskets for the valves are natorious leakers...I guess because the torque of moving the valve loosens the seal over time. I solved my leak there with a gasket I made from a thicker gasket kit when I intalled a new valve.
Bruce /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
JB...the gaskets for the valves are natorious leakers...I guess because the torque of moving the valve loosens the seal over time. I solved my leak there with a gasket I made from a thicker gasket kit when I intalled a new valve.
Bruce /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
tony barnhill
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Re: AHA! I found it!!! The elusive antifreeze le
Janel - here's the link to Bob's valve article...thanks for letting me know there was a broken link on my site:
https://www.cibolas7.net/12245.html
Janel - here's the link to Bob's valve article...thanks for letting me know there was a broken link on my site:
https://www.cibolas7.net/12245.html