[s-cars] Pressure Tester-Doofus -Sucess

manuelsanchez at starpower.net manuelsanchez at starpower.net
Sun Apr 30 18:10:37 EDT 2006


Thanks to all. 

I made a run to a different hardware store a found the parts
Chris Chambers sent pics of, indeed it was a 3" cleanout.

The fit is really tight, I didn't think it would possibly fit
but I did manages to shoehorn the thing in there.  Since I
buggered up my schrader valve on the previous attempt I used a
1/4" NPT quick connect on this second attempt.  I turned down
my regulator to very low, what seemed to indicate 10psi.  I
never did see my gauge register anything other than 0, but I
did see all the hoses swell, so I figured I had enough pressure.

Found the culprit, the crinkle finished small hose that runs
from the wastegate to the WGFV. A small crack on the underside
of the hose, so not visible from above but I could feel and
hear it.

I trimmed that hose back to a section where it was not cracked
and replaced.  I seem to remember and old post where that hose
cost some serious cabbage, in the SAMCO range? Anyone
remember?  The clamp on that line at the Waste Gate has a flat
head machine screw that has seen better days, but since I
didn't have a replacement I re-installed the old one.  


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