Just a wild guess: Someone spilled coolant at one point that is trapped. Enough rain water gets in the bilge to reach the coolant and some of it ends up in the sump. Joel
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Ryan Doyle via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thank you for the responses last week about my tiller - which I went out > to observe/fix today and then got distracted by another issue - c'est la > vie. > > Sometimes after heavy precipitation I find engine coolant in my bilge. > This ONLY happens after heavy precip - like last week here in NYC. > > I inspected the cooling system plumbing connections and hoses on my A4 and > I've looked over the engine itself, there are no leaks I can see. Also, > the level of coolant in the engine's reservoir has remained constant for > months. > > If it was leaking from the motor, the level in the reservoir would be > going down, right? That said, the engine is winterized, so the water pump > hasn't spun since October. > > The fact that it only happens after it rains is really confounding me > too. A constant leak from the engine would steadily fill my bilge no > matter what the weather was, right? The water system on the boat is > winterized with pink antifreeze, so it's not that. > > Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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