Worth checking/replacing the Radiator cap (not on the rad I know)?
Kevin Challis
> On 5 Aug 2018, at 17:30, JohnFrance <77alembert@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
> I have an intermittent coolant leak on my classic which has a XS firewall
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package.
> Is it possible to remove the water pump from the engine while it is in situ on
the aircraft?
> In spite of doing pressure tests, running the aircraft with the cowlings off
I have been on the unable to trace the origin of the leak, it does not leak cold
with a pressure of 1,4 bars.
> On some flights there is no discernible leak, on others I have lost up to 150
ml during a two hour flight.
> There is a bit of a white deposit on the exhaust heat shield underneath the
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pump. I have also found liquid on the aluminium plate above the radiators
but the air passage through the radiators has always been dry.
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> I would rather be sure of where the leak is coming from prior to taking
> anything
apart. Does anyone have some experience or knowledge they could share with
me?
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> Regards,
> John
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