Who makes a decent cooling system pressure tester?

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Dean - 26 Dec 2005 04:25 GMT

Because I bought a Craftsman and it was a POS. The bladder pops off the
stem at below the recommended test pressure! I want a decent one now.

Thanks

Dean

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=AB Paul =BB - 26 Dec 2005 05:42 GMT

> Because I bought a Craftsman and it was a POS. The bladder pops off the
> stem at below the recommended test pressure! I want a decent one now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dean

Stant.
http://www.stant.com/
http://www.stant.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=578&location_id=183
Costs about $85 US.
Most good autoparts should have it.

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dansecat@comcast.net - 27 Dec 2005 23:38 GMT

> Because I bought a Craftsman and it was a POS. The bladder pops off the
> stem at below the recommended test pressure! I want a decent one now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dean

Get the ADC Diagnostix 720 Series Monitor , much better than the Stant.

It just might save your life.

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Dean - 28 Dec 2005 14:59 GMT

A blood pressure monitor? WTF I already know how sick I am!

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Lawrence Glickman - 28 Dec 2005 18:32 GMT

>A blood pressure monitor? WTF I already know how sick I am!

Actually, that isn't a bad idea, if you can figure how to connect the
hose from the aneroid sphygmomanometer to the overflow tank with an
airtight seal/hose clamp thingy.

You've given me a good idea. I'll see if I can make such an adapter.
My pressure cap is set for 16 psi, but I don't know what that
translates into millimeters of mercury.

Lg

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N8N - 28 Dec 2005 19:12 GMT

> >A blood pressure monitor? WTF I already know how sick I am!
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> Lg

1 atm = 14.7 PSI = 30 in. Hg (not exactly but close enough for cocktail
napkin calculations) and there's 25.4 mm in one inch. do da math...

nate

(at work and too lazy to whip out the calculator)

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=AB Paul =BB - 29 Dec 2005 03:44 GMT

> >A blood pressure monitor? WTF I already know how sick I am!
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> Lg

I thought about just wrapping the cuff thing around the hose.

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Lawrence Glickman - 29 Dec 2005 04:29 GMT

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:44:18 GMT, "« Paul »" <" « Paul
»"@houston.rr.com> wrote:

>> >A blood pressure monitor? WTF I already know how sick I am!
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>I thought about just wrapping the cuff thing around the hose.

That is not even a good joke. How much pressure would it take to
collapse the hose. More than you could come up with...and if you
could, the hose would be destroyed in the process.

I tried my aneroid and it has a slow leak. IOW, if I pump it up to a
certain pressure, and turn off the intake/output air valve, it slowly
loses pressure all by itself. Not quickly, but it is noticeable. I
don't know where the leak is coming from either. Everything *looks*
OK, but obviously isn't. Maybe I need to put grease on the hose
fittings to seal them airtight, or it is a *valve* problem or
something along those lines. I'll try the grease first.

Anyhow, not a bad idea.

BTW, you might trying using your blood pressure cuff to measure you
fuel pressure from your fuel pump also ;-\ I mean it IS a gauge,
isn't it ? Yes or No? You can use it to measure everything up to 300
millimeters of mercury. Which is what in PSI?

I get my info from the OBDII port on fuel pressure anyhow, along with
a lot of other *stuff.*

Lg

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=AB Paul =BB - 29 Dec 2005 05:48 GMT

> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:44:18 GMT, "« Paul »" <" « Paul
> »"@houston.rr.com> wrote:
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> collapse the hose. More than you could come up with...and if you
> could, the hose would be destroyed in the process.

Who's joking?
Collapse what hose?
What are you talking about?
The blood pressure device does not measure pressure directly.
No mainline into your vein and it does not crush your arm...
... Well, at least not my arm.
It measures the very slight expansion and contraction of a
body part (via air pressure change in the cuff) due to changes
in blood flow. For a radiator hose, all you would need would be
a baseline when cold and a known pressure when hot.
Btw: 16 psi is the equivalent of 827 mm Hg

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Lawrence Glickman - 29 Dec 2005 06:19 GMT

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:48:21 GMT, "« Paul »" <" « Paul
»"@houston.rr.com> wrote:

>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:44:18 GMT, "« Paul »" <" « Paul
>> »"@houston.rr.com> wrote:
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>a baseline when cold and a known pressure when hot.
>Btw: 16 psi is the equivalent of 827 mm Hg

OK, sorry, my mistake. I don't know about the conversion factor from
psi to mm/Hg.

My sphygmo won't read that high anyhow. It was just an idea formed in
the vacuum of not knowing the conversion factor from psi to mm/Hg.

I guess we go then with PLAN B!

What is Plan B? I dunno yet ;-) I really don't know, because I have
no radiator cap per-se, except for that on my overflow tank, and I
don't see what I can do with that without FUBARing it up.

Plan B............

At this point, were I in your situation, I would be heading over to a
place like NAPA that sells automotive tools and parts. Call on the
phone first to get prices and such. It seems my home-made idea isn't
going to work. Just buy a pressure gauge with a pump handle attached
to it. I know for a fact Actron sells one under their name for all
sorts of measurements, but I don't know about the cap/fitting you
would need to fit _your_ vehicle. That's the trick. You have to find
something that fits yours. But FWIW, these things are pretty
standardized.

Lg

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