Subject	Great idea. But the spigot opening does not effect pressure.
Posted by	kkrofft (OH) on July 26, 2008 at 6:41 PM
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In Reply To	I wanted to test for water leaks with the motor out... posted by scottyfender on July 26, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Message	If you have 60PSI on the line and the hose nozzle is closed then you had 60 psi in the engine. The size of the opening only controls how fast the pressure rose to 60 PSI. The only way to control the pressure would be to bleed it off by opening the hose nozzle. I don't think 60 PSI would hurt it anyway. And it makes for a pretty good test. KKrofft
Follow Ups	I wanted to test for water leaks with the motor out... - scottyfender 14:50:13 07/26/08 Nice idea, thanks for sharing. (n/m) - my91z 15:27:15 07/26/08 FYI -- Might want to reconsider the kind of hose clamps - jzack 16:58:26 07/26/08 Hmm. That gives me some ideas for flushing all the coolant - MixManMash 18:34:04 07/26/08 Great idea. But the spigot opening does not effect pressure. - kkrofft (OH) 18:41:49 07/26/08 lol I was waiting for someone to address that issue. (n/m) - won4all 18:44:33 07/26/08 I'm sorry but I thought a valve... - scottyfender 23:45:30 07/26/08 But the faucet in your kitchen is not flowing into a closed - na300zx (OH) 08:41:00 07/27/08 The motor is not a closed sytem either. - Bezza 09:27:27 07/27/08 He has a valve that is closed on the other hose, so in this - na300zx (OH) 14:19:56 07/27/08 True, I missed the bit where the other end wasn't open :S (n/m) - Bezza 08:31:11 07/28/08 If that was house water source it's probably pretty low PSI (n/m) - Audioquest 09:03:11 07/27/08 Scottyfender is correct in that people are making too much - kkrofft (OH) 12:00:06 07/27/08 Maybe it's different in some areas, but at my place it's - Audioquest 14:19:35 07/27/08 Making it more difficult than it has to be people.. - scottyfender 10:15:59 07/27/08 lol fo sho, things jus got to be complicated around here - 550HPTT 16:53:08 07/27/08 Valve controls flow, no effect on pressure, period. - BobbyT 22:31:39 07/27/08 Stock radiator caps are about 16psi - na300zx (OH) 07:18:16 07/28/08 Wrong sir, valves effect pressure too. - Bezza 08:34:05 07/28/08 But he's talking about filling a closed system - BobbyT 14:55:20 07/29/08 wrong - aliaZ 09:54:50 07/28/08 It is pressure that keeps your coolant from boiling - BobbyT 14:57:03 07/29/08
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