Fun with Coolant

Last weekend I connected up all the coolant hoses and filled the system with water and anti freeze. It didn’t leak, which surprised me so I started the engine and let it heat up. There was a steady drip from somewhere that was running through the intercooler. I shut it off and looked everywher for the source of it. I checked all the hose clamps, tightened the radiator petcock and tried again. It leaked again so I spent the next few hours trying to find it. Eventually I spotted a mist of liquid from the fan, and spotted a tiny hole in the core of the radiator. I drained it all down, and pulled it back out. Rad-In.jpg I had a go at patching it with solder, but it wouldn’t stick to the aluminium and leaked again under pressure. Zane managed to patch it for me and this weekend I put it back in again. I had also got the hinges back, and they were in the way of the air filter. After a few goes at trying to squeeze it in I gave up and put it below the master cylinder as I’d planned originally. I clamped it all up and filled the radiator to above the point where it had leaked before and started it up and left it warming up. No leaks, and not much fuel left either.This is certainly a thirsty motor. I’d better get the data logger wired in and keep an eye on where the sensor reckons the engine is. I’m back to where I was a week ago, I hate little problems like this. Filter.jpg

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