How are you making out ?

 

I have taken off the passenger side intake plenum and all I see is a very small amount of oil on the gasket and some in the hose joints. the oil looks clean. There is no accumulation of oil on the plenum itself and none of the mess said to accumulate without the catch can, I have a catch can but it has only been on a week, so 23,000 miles with no catch can.

The engine oil looks quite normal, I am having an oil analysis at Blackstone to check for antifreeze in it.

If it is the Inter cooler leaking is it possible to leak and not get into the airstream? I have no idea what it looks like under the super charger. Raderman (?) said he had a leak there and there was a mess under the SC, but did he have antifreeze in the airstream as well?

Basically the question is, with a leak in the IC does it always get into the airstream?

 

bump.........

 

I'd say yes, if the leak is inside theCAC. It's welded shut with no other place to go right? But if the leak is at the point of connections outside the CAC, then a small leak would just probably evaporate away with little to no evidence I would think.

 

Thanks for the reply, if it was leaking outside the CAC would the fluid be visible or would the Sc have to be removed to see the residue left from the dried leakage. I tend to think the SC would have to be removed.
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I can see no build up of dried fluid when I peer with a flashlight under the SC around the inlet and outlets pipes.

I am waiting for results from Blackstone Labs on the oil analysis.

 

Oil report from Blackstone came today, and it said low wear and no coolant in the oil. HOORAY for that.

But where is it going?

This question for the brains trust on this forum, if it is the CIC would I see it in the intake plenums? They are as clean as a whistle as I stated before. Just a little oil that was sitting on the gasket and in the gap between the rubber hose and the SC 'Y'. From all accounts gunge in the plenums should be evident, there is none at all and I have only just installed the oil catch can a week ago. There is no leak visible under the SC from the coolant going into the CIC. No leaks in the rad or hoses going to it. There is no smell of coolant in the car so I have dismissed leakage from the heater core. In 24,000 miles I never had to top up the reservoir on my NA at all.

I will be at Woodward as the oil is clean.

 

Great news. See you there or possibly enroute.

 

180...does it continue to leak beyond a certain point...or is it stable once it reaches a certain point? It just may be blowing out the excess.

I am stuck in Effingham IL until late Friday...this will cause me not to make the WDC trip...wish I could get my parking pass to someone that could use it...maybe John and Molly can bring it up if I get back in town in time to make the hand off...work....it always gets in the way of having fun...lol...

 

Not a sign of a leak and the tubes for the over flows are dusty inside. The four hour trip to Woodward should be a test for it.

 

Dave, good luck with your trip...I hope it was just a ''fluke'' so to speak... I would have to look at some shop manuals to see if there is a way for it to get to the exhaust stream like my deisel. When you have a cooler, like I have for the EGR valve on my Cummins, it can leak into the exhaust stream and just get vaporized...I don't think this engine is built that way...at least I can't find any way for it to get there right now...

 

I dont run a pressurized system on either circuit, so pin holes really dont count. Like doc said separate the systems and check them to see which end of the snake has the "biter". If it is not much, reducing the pressure would eliminate most or all of the issue till winter tear down time approaches. Woody

 

I plan on separating the systems and I will go from there. I am picking up the kit from Rob at Woodward.

 

After 590 miles to Woodward and back, I never lost a drop.
I assume that as the coolant was a bit low and it took one and a half liters of distilled water to top it up, that the various partitions in the overflow tank took some time to balance themselves out to their respective levels.

All's well that ends well. It had me worried for a while. Thanks for the input guys.

Now to add the separation kit.
Then the Konis and then the paddles and then .....

 

Good news Dave! If you need help on the installs, let me know!

 

Great news on the coolant system Dave.

On a side note, I can only imagine how much dust will be on the paddles by then.

 

If Super Mario can add the paddles in one session I know it will take me a week.

Before I start the Konis I have to get the rear pads so that I can do it all in one go, pads, rotors and Konis. I am all set to go on the front though, as I have the pads and do not need the rotors.

 

Hello, Woody
How you ran non pressurized cooling system?
I think my srt6 has higher perssure than normal in coolant system.
It made damage on radiator and hoses.
I changed the spring of reservoir tank cap more soft to have very little pressure in reservoir tank.
But It resulted in lost of coolant.
At engine high temp., Coolant sprayed out along top straw of reservoir tank.(No leaks found at other)
I ran 178/69 stacked, SCAI, coolant Isolation, supercooler, speedriven S/C intercooler(no leak), bosch 550cc injector, sl55 fuel pump and eurocharged map.(new water pump & thermostat)
How can I run non pressurized cooling system like you without lost of coolant?

 

I ran a non-pressurized coolant system in my 1985 Ford Ranger for three years, because I could not get it to stop leaking - I just drove around with the radiator cap loose.

I don't see why that would not work with an SRT, but I dont know the first thing about the "separation kits".

Woody has not checked in for five weeks, he will eventually see your question - you might send him a PM, that generates an email alert to him....