Gary,
I looked - You are right, of course. Before Dale A. restored my car, in
fact for quite some time before, that equalizer tube was a vent tube. Don't
know how long it was that way, but I assumed that's the way it was supposed
to be. Thanks for educating me.
Ta, ta for now,
Bob
At 08:25 PM 2/21/99 -0800, Gary A Winblad wrote:
>I don't think so, Bob...
>Look again, the tube equalizes the tanks but tee's in inside the
>cap. There is a small hole inside the cap and that vents it
>to the outside air. If the hole gets plugged (or if there IS a
>defective valve or something inside the cap) you have a sealed system.
>Add hot sun and you could build up ALOT of pressure in the tanks.
>
>Gary
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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