mchristyuk
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Gents,
Just a "heads up" really.. whilst messing about under the bonnet of my 3200 checking everything is good after it's recent work I thought I would check the one way valve that sits between the Kaiser valve and the air box.
I took my one way valve out and it's about as one way as a.. well, can't think of a suitable example, but it's blowing both ways!
From my understanding the Kaiser valve is there to bring the air intake into play as an extra vacuum supply to boost the braking power. Obviously there needs to be some form of valve in that line because you don't want pressure going up wrong way as it would defeat the point of it.
If I remember correctly the Kaiser valve plumbing connects the airbox side straight through to the engine side, therefore if the one way valve is faulty in the airbox line then that must be the same as an air leak under boost?
So.. in a round about way a failed one way valve would potentially result in poorer braking response and loss of performance under boost?
I've ordered some generic one way valves to replace the dead one, however in the mean time I've bunged the line to the airbox.. and noticed no reduction in braking performance... which leads me on to two questions..
1) How much braking performance does the Kaiser valve really add?
2) 3200's which don't have the Kaiser valve.. is there some form of one way valve between the engine and the brake servo? (The EuroSpares diagram shows none.. and there must be one?!).
Cheers
Mark
Just a "heads up" really.. whilst messing about under the bonnet of my 3200 checking everything is good after it's recent work I thought I would check the one way valve that sits between the Kaiser valve and the air box.
I took my one way valve out and it's about as one way as a.. well, can't think of a suitable example, but it's blowing both ways!
From my understanding the Kaiser valve is there to bring the air intake into play as an extra vacuum supply to boost the braking power. Obviously there needs to be some form of valve in that line because you don't want pressure going up wrong way as it would defeat the point of it.
If I remember correctly the Kaiser valve plumbing connects the airbox side straight through to the engine side, therefore if the one way valve is faulty in the airbox line then that must be the same as an air leak under boost?
So.. in a round about way a failed one way valve would potentially result in poorer braking response and loss of performance under boost?
I've ordered some generic one way valves to replace the dead one, however in the mean time I've bunged the line to the airbox.. and noticed no reduction in braking performance... which leads me on to two questions..
1) How much braking performance does the Kaiser valve really add?
2) 3200's which don't have the Kaiser valve.. is there some form of one way valve between the engine and the brake servo? (The EuroSpares diagram shows none.. and there must be one?!).
Cheers
Mark