Crazy Thing Happened Today

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

    Umm, wait a sec here. If you have no coolant flow, the best short=
 term solution is to take the
cap OFF! Yes you will boil water but as its boiling it uses its incre=
dible ammount of latent heat of
vaporization to keep the engine cool (at close to 212F). Yes you will=
 lose coolant, but in this case
its better than leaving the cap on. With the cap on, not only do you =
have no coolant flow (from the
belt failure), but the coolant is allowed to get to a higher temp bef=
ore boiling (15 psi vw cap
relief pressure). It will still boil and still escape out the cap (th=
rough relief), so you are still
losing the water either way. The only difference is that in a no-flow=
 condition, your engine gets
HOTTER with the cap on.
    Auto cooling systems are very similar to reactor cooling systems.=
 If we have a loss of cooling
circulation on the submarine, our procedure is VERY similar to 'takin=
g the cap off'. Thats not
saving your vw engine, its saving a multi-million dollar reactor that=
 happens to be pushing a
multi-billion dollar submarine through the water... So just trust me,=
 its the best thing to do.

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN  **qualified nuclear Reactor Operator*=
*
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original cl=
utch, driveshafts, wheels :)


----- Original Message -----
=46rom: "Shawn C Meze" <skerocdriver@juno.com>
To: <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Crazy Thing Happened Today


>
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:37:53 -0500 "Rick Alexander"
> <rick@brubakerbox.com> writes:
>
> >Actually letting the pressure out compounds the problem as pressur=
e
> >raises
> >the boiling point of any fluid. He would have been best off to ass=
ure
> >that
> >the fan was on high and wait. Ah, but for a little patience!
>
>
> Thats what I said.
>
> It wouldnt have done any good for him to have the fan on high if th=
e
> coolant isnt circulating. (Remember, the belt was off.) If he waits=
 as
> you suggest, he blows the motor. Patience would of cost him a motor=
 for
> sure.
>
> Its simple, open the hood and look for the problem. As obvious as h=
is
> problem was, the next correct step would of been to shut off the mo=
tor,
> inspect and reinstall the belt. Then start it up checking the light=
s and
> guages to be sure everything returns to normal.
>
>
> Shawn M=E9ze
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