Originally Posted by MikeR
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Did you have to go to the 60psi to show the leak? I would think if it is leaking water, it should show air at 10psi or 20psi. I recall reading somewhere online about not putting too much pressure into the IC(?). Good video to demonstrate the problem.
I would think you only have two real options, buy a replacement or have yours re-cored.
Too bad there isnt a big after market unit available for us.
It leaked all the way down to 5-10 psi, its just that the bubbles were less frequent so for the purpose of the video i raised the pressure knowing the core was bad already.
A good crossfire buddy has a spare i/c set aside for me, however i might have another idea all together.
Originally Posted by Holycrap
Thanks for taking the time to post this up!
Your welcome. Most of us are do it yourselfers with decent but limited knowledge, i think its important we share our research and findings.
Originally Posted by waldig
If the water side is leaking and you can see it, use acetone to clean it and then GOOD epoxy or JB weld to fix a SURFACE LEAK. IF it is a core leak then youll need to TIG it or get a core/new one.
Get the pressure down, should not go over 15 PSIG on the water side. Epoxy for a non pressurized circuit should be fine. Must be a surface leak though.
Unfortunately the leak is definitely on the inside of the core. Thanks for the tip on the air pressure, i will remember that.