I generally leave RV or plumbing antifreeze in the bilge, but I'm in frozen
Ottawa.
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From: "Ryan Doyle via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: 2016-01-29 2:00 PM
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: "Ryan Doyle" <ryanpdo...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant
Joe and Joel - thank you guys. Apologies, I was on "digest mode", so I didn't
see your responses until now. I know it's engine coolant because as Joe said -
"nothing else on the boat looks like it". Joel, I have a feeling you're right
about the source. I think there was coolant in the aft part of my bilge -
either it was spilled or the previous owner intentionally put it down there,
and when it rains hard it's being pushed into the sump. If this is the case,
I'm just surprised that it's retaining it's brilliant fluorescent green color
after being watered diluted so much. It's very green. Looks the same as
what's in the reservoir.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Ryan Doyle <ryanpdo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Replying to my own thread again here.. I've read a few times online that
people sometimes add antifreeze to a wet bilge during the winter. Now I'm
wondering if there is some residual antifreeze left in the aft portion of my
bilge from the previous owner (I bought the boat in Oct), and it's being mixed
with some rainwater and ending up down there.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Ryan Doyle <ryanpdo...@gmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to give the details on my boat - She's a 1976 30 mki and she's
winterized and up on stands.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Ryan Doyle <ryanpdo...@gmail.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.
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