That should be ok then. at least I know that there is usually a way to come up with enough force to make it move. If there is a thread there can be a lot more problems if it doesn't move, or if it moves part way and then won't come out or go in again. thanks.
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Just bang one side of the plug so it turns 90 degrees in the hole. Then you ought to be able to get a grip with pliers of some sort and just pull it out. Don't hit the engine block though, use a chisel perhaps?
edit: http://www.defa.com/doc/100/104.pdfViimeksi muokannut haraldh; 29.11.2010, 11:19.
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haha. propylene glycol shower? nice! I'll try to avoid that I think :)
Harald, great idea thanks. But I went back to look at the 2502 installation guide and it seems that my front plus has a nipple for a water hose to connect so I hope I can still knock it 90 degrees. If not I guess I will have to hook something through the hole and pull
Here is my current coolant heater, which is fitted to the hose going to the frost plug. I'm not sure that this white residue should be on it.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...4/defa2502.jpg
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Used parts garages in Kajaani:
Kainuun Auto- ja Varaosa Oy http://www.mannelin.fi/
About a month ago there was used Defa-cables and -plugs/sockets.
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thanks. that's where I'm planning to visit as soon as I can. I actually had an interesting conversation there about bumpers at the start of this year (interesting because my wife/translator wasn't there and they obviously don't get many Scottish people visiting and making a complete mess of their language)
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That white thing is propably just caused by poor metal quality of the heater and it's pins/clips, so it's corrosion. Dryed glycol leak usually has pink tint, because the antifreeze liquid is dyed to red/orange. Almost every DEFA coolant pipe heater looks just like that after couple of years.Viimeksi muokannut jasso; 29.11.2010, 18:40.
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The insurance-companies have a scrapyard that usually have used heaters in stock, it's called AVK and the nearest one is in northern Espoo by the Kehä III.
http://avk.fi/
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My opinion is to put at least 2,5bars to each corner.
There was once an article in TM (magazine) about tire pressures. If I remember right, they tested the best pressure to be almost +0,5bars more than the car's manual suggests. But I might be wrong with this one...
BTW, it's good to check the pressures at least with two different gauges (in two different gas stations) if you don't know how accurate one gauge is. For example, I bought a pressure gauge (relatively cheap one...) that shows 0,5bars less than the pressure actually is.Viimeksi muokannut jasso; 5.1.2011, 17:37.
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That's about what I have just now then so I'm glad I'm not a total idiot :)
That said.. I'm not clear on the system for adding air at my local Neste. They seem to have a pressurised container to give to the customer. Is that charged with air inside the shop? It's just strange since in the UK the air hose is always attached to a fixed compressor somewhere in the forecourt/yard. I've been using my own compressor but saw the Neste system recently and thought it was odd.
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There is a usually a small locker/cabinet outside where they keep those pressure containers for customers to use. They hang on an air pressure pipe/valve that charges the containers. The air to the pipes usually comes from some central compressor inside the building. So everytime one puts such a container back to it's holder, it gets charged. Usually those containers are ancient and never serviced, so you have to charge them between every tire, if they even work at all...
They might keep those also somewhere hidden due to vandalism. Or because the outside locker is broken or simply just because it's winter and the containers would freeze if kept outside.
...or because they only want to sell beer and none of those old traditional "gas station services" ;)Viimeksi muokannut jasso; 5.1.2011, 17:52.
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They usually have the hose version too on the same cabinet. They have better pressure gauges on them than the "take away" versions. :)
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at least i*ll understand how to use that one then. it's embarrassing enough living here and looking like an idiot every time I discover something is a bit different. even putting the code into the car wash means I have to get out and walk round the car. In the summer the police even tried to breath test my sleeping wife as we left the Tivoli fun fair :)
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They have done that to my brother more than once. 6-7 years ago he had australian imported toyota 4runner pickup, couple times he was taken from the Hesburger drive-in because the clerks thought he was the driver, while drunk as a monkey.Alkuperäinen kirjoittaja KuiKelo Näytä viestiAlmost fell off my chair reading this.. =) Hahahhaa! I think the police felt like an idiot.
At least once he got good laugh because he had our dog sitting on the left seat and car was so high that people could not see the right hand seat at traffic lights. "Mom, a dog is driving that car! mom!" :D
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and after a long stretch of working with very little personal/internet time...
I successfully managed to check my tyres with the portable air bottle.. and charged it at the cabinet. Actually it's a great solution. I guess it wouldn't work in the UK because the first person to take the air bottle wouldn't give it back :)
haha. what a great mental picture of the dog 'driving' the pickup. I've also had my son in his car seat in the front seat (3 years old) with his toy steering wheel. That definitely causes a few people to look twice.
dxriving backwards.. hmm. maybe I should try that in car washes, carparks, onto car ferries... :)
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