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7th December 2018, 21:08 | #1 |
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Hydramount - taste?
My engine bay has acquired another wet patch.
It's forward of the upper engine mounting and tastes of glycol. It's NOT coolant 'cos I've got a dye in that, and the new deposit doesn't glow. I'm suspecting this is the giblets of the mount. Anyone confirm? |
8th December 2018, 07:41 | #2 |
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I seem to recall hydramounts are glycol filled. It would be dark due to elastomer contamination.
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I hope you don't go around licking other things to see what they taste like.---so you can identify them. |
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8th December 2018, 20:54 | #5 |
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Neat vodka neutralises it...
(Best not to drink it in the first place)
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Taste is just part of my diagnostic kit
Admittedly, it comes after a few of the other more HSWA-friendly techniques... |
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Apply a blowtorch. Ethylene Glycol should produce thick white vapour along with the sweet smell already mentioned. Do be sure to carry this out with what's dripped onto the floor rather than what's in your engine bay.
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