

| Subject: | Re: Back From Mothballing, Mystery Coolant Leak - bump |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Sat, 5 May 2012 10:12:18 -0700 |
On 05/04/2012 04:48 PM, David Beierl wrote, in reference to the mystery coolant leak: "Might try starting with everything dead cold and putting ten psi in the system (bicycle pump on the overflow nipple, pump in until it starts to push back on the pump), then go up front with a strong light and watch for a while." Thanks. I am seeing a leak. The rad appears to be crimped with a series of metal tabs to the vertical pipe assembly that has the bleeder screw on top of it. The leak is on rad side of the crimp -- to the right of the crimp as you face the rad. It looks like yellow metal (brass?) under the black paint so I think I'm looking at part of the rad. The hole itself is too small to be seen. This can't be good news. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
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