Hi Richard
If there is nothing obvious visually it is probably leaking from the lowest
connections- The two pipes that join on to the water radiator. They are
hard to see and any leaks tend to appear at the bottom of the radiator. You
could try tightening those clips first. You can buy a leak detecting dye
---From garages/motor parts suppliers. The normal first check would be to
pressurise the system but that means fitting a modified cap in order to
apply pressure and that is a lot of work. You could try dropping the
radiator so that you can view the rad connections from under duct.
Regards
Brian Davies
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Richard Iddon
Sent: 20 December 2011 08:52
Subject: Europa-List: Coolant leak
Having just changed all the rubber hoses on my tri gear, I seem to have
developed a leak from somewhere. Coolant slowly dripping from the bottom of
the radiator. I was wondering if anyone had any clever idea how to trace it?
Nothing obvious visually so all I can think of is draining everything down
again and taking off the radiator then pressurising it under water to see if
there are any bubbles.
Richard Iddon G-RIXS
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