Honda check valve worked fine for me. You can find one on the junk yard. (I took it out because MES pump I use now has this valve integrated in.)
Victor Seth Murray wrote: > > actually the entire leak is through the pump! when the pump's off air > can flow back into the system through it. When the check valve is > working, the car will hold vacuum for a few days. when it isn't > working. leaks like a sieve. weird. > > Seth > > On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 12:01 PM, Mark Dodrill wrote: > > > I'm not sure it's worth the effort. Unless your power brake pump > > cycles > > a lot when you aren't pressing the brake, it probably doesn't have very > > much of a leak. You might be wasting a few watts, but there are other > > places > > you can make up efficiency to compensate. > > > > My 2 cents. > > > > Mark > > > > > >> -- Original Message -- > >> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:48:27 -0400 > >> Subject: EV brake vacuum leaks > >> From: Seth Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> A while back someone posted something about vacuum system leaks. My > >> system works well except that I have been unable to find a reliable > >> check valve. I have tried three or four different check valves, and > >> on > > > >> all of them, if you put a hose clamp on it seems to distort the case > >> and not check properly but if you just push the hose on it isn't tight > > > >> enough and it leaks. What check valves have other people found to > >> work? thanks > >> > >> Seth > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION > >> > >> My electric truck page, with lots of photos and a 25 page conversion > >> journal. Check it out! > >> http://users.wpi.edu/~sethm/ (no more popups!) > >> > >> My EV Album page > >> http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html > >> > > > > Mark Dodrill > > > > > > > > > > -- > QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION > > My electric truck page, with lots of photos and a 25 page conversion > journal. Check it out! > http://users.wpi.edu/~sethm/ (no more popups!) > > My EV Album page > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html
