Figured it out. Welcome to San Francisco. At night it gets really wet and foggy. Seems the condensation was collecting on the top of the van and running down the rainguards into the back of the van. It then pools up and drips out. I wake up late enough, usually, to miss the condensation part and only saw the leak. This is why it was leaking a slow drop 10-15+ hours since I parked it and not leaking several hours before and/or after that. I went back and looked at it last night and there was no leak. I looked this morning early and saw the leak as well as water literally running through the raingutter and into the sidevent. Coolant level is the as when I parked it. It can't be anything but condensation - esp to have not be leaking Sunday at 8pm, leaked Monday am at 8am, no leak Monday at 10pm and be leaking at Tuesday at 7am while the van is covered in water and has a trickle from the gutter into the vents. On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Bob Stevens wrote: > "I noticed a small puddle forming beneath the exhaust on the passanger side > this morning. I could see a small drop fall every 30 seconds or so" > > I noticed this same thing behind my '91 Westy while camping. It turned out > to be the small coolant line leading from the "T" above the license plate > inside the engine compartment. It leads to the right head. Each time I tried > to cut the hose the leak got worse and I noticed how hard and brittle the > hose was so had to cannibalize the main-tank-to-overflow-tank hose and press > it into service until I could get back to "civilization" and get another > hose to reconnect main to overflow. I stuck a stick in the hole coming out > of the right head to prevent coolant loss and had to add about 4-5 cups when > the procedure was done. No bleeding needed in that particular adventure. > > Bob Stevens > '87 Syncro Westy > > http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > |
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