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Stock radiator caps are about 16psi
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na300zx (OH)
on July 28, 2008 at 7:18 AM
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Valve controls flow, no effect on pressure, period.
posted by BobbyT
on July 27, 2008 at 10:31 PM
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On the cap it usually says what it is in Bars (I think stock is 1.1 Bar). Just
fyi, 1 Bar =14.7 psi. I agree that it should be able to handle it though.
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I wanted to test for water leaks with the motor out...
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scottyfender
14:50:13 07/26/08
Nice idea, thanks for sharing. (n/m)
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my91z
15:27:15 07/26/08
FYI -- Might want to reconsider the kind of hose clamps
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jzack
16:58:26 07/26/08
Hmm. That gives me some ideas for flushing all the coolant
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MixManMash
18:34:04 07/26/08
Great idea. But the spigot opening does not effect pressure.
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kkrofft (OH)
18:41:49 07/26/08
lol I was waiting for someone to address that issue. (n/m)
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won4all
18:44:33 07/26/08
I'm sorry but I thought a valve...
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scottyfender
23:45:30 07/26/08
But the faucet in your kitchen is not flowing into a closed
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na300zx (OH)
08:41:00 07/27/08
The motor is not a closed sytem either.
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Bezza
09:27:27 07/27/08
He has a valve that is closed on the other hose, so in this
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na300zx (OH)
14:19:56 07/27/08
True, I missed the bit where the other end wasn't open :S (n/m)
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Bezza
08:31:11 07/28/08
If that was house water source it's probably pretty low PSI (n/m)
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Audioquest
09:03:11 07/27/08
Scottyfender is correct in that people are making too much
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kkrofft (OH)
12:00:06 07/27/08
Maybe it's different in some areas, but at my place it's
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Audioquest
14:19:35 07/27/08
Making it more difficult than it has to be people..
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scottyfender
10:15:59 07/27/08
lol fo sho, things jus got to be complicated around here
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550HPTT
16:53:08 07/27/08
Valve controls flow, no effect on pressure, period.
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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.
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Bezza
08:34:05 07/28/08
But he's talking about filling a closed system
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BobbyT
14:55:20 07/29/08
wrong
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aliaZ
09:54:50 07/28/08
It is pressure that keeps your coolant from boiling
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BobbyT
14:57:03 07/29/08
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