[Vwdiesel] Re: radiator pressure testing

[Mark Shepherd]

Where you guys getting your 1 bar rad pressure figures from?
(It's what I would have said too had I not looked in three
different books:
Haynes Quantums '81 to'88
(Gassers) 1.6 or 1.8      17.4 to 21.7 psi Thermostat 85 to
105deg C fully open
                1.9/2.0          17.4 to 19.5 psi Thermostat
87 to 102deg C fully open

Rabbits to '84
(Diesel N/A)    1.5        17 to 19psi Thermostat starts 80
to 94 deg C fully open
                        1.6        ??????       Thermostat
starts 87 to 102deg C fully open

Dasher   to '81
                          1.5       13 to 15psi Thermostat
starts 80 to 90 deg C fully open
                          1.6      higher.......hotter