Thread: EAS Leak Test

Sounds obvious but i guess you checked the fittings at you're EAS bypass block- easy to forget juast as likely to have leak!

Sean by the way was that ypour motor featured on "Man & Machine" today @ Orger engines?

Martin. Not that I'm aware of. Will check it out. The engine is nearing completion. I'll update the relevant post in due course. It's been all fun and games. And money.

On this post, I'm going to go over the whole system again this weekend. I have my pink food dye, corn syrup and detergent mixture. Air leaks be afraid - your gonna get washed with a pink sickly sweet soapy solution that will have you foaming like crazy. Not sure where I'm going with that one.

FWIW...When you're finished testing with the concoction, washing it off with a 50% water/metho mix will get rid of residues and help to dry it quicker...

Sean

Sorry to hear you are still battling with the EAS

From the sound of it a mechanical leak is the problem for sure

Do you have a pressure gauge hooked up? I found it helpful to see if the main system and tank were holding pressure.

Best of luck

Steve

I'm just about to fit a permanent pressure gauge, but I've been using a temporary one on the Schrader valve I have under the bonnet on the receiver/tank pipe.

The tank seems to hold pressure well - as the car soon comes back to ride height when it starts.

I was even contemplating a brand new valve block this week - its been that frustrating. LR Direct were advertising them at GBP400 delivered - which is by far the cheapest I've seen. They were sourced from AllMakes - but guess what - they're out of stock. Probably a good job - it'll save me the expense and it'll force me to sort out my own. Its character building. I wouldn't mind, but there was nothing wrong with the block in the first place. I was subscribing to the preventative maintenance school of theory, but perhaps should have gone with the "if it aint broke, don't fix it".

I cheated, used an ultrasonic leak detector. - Cheapie but it did the job!
Turned out it was a couple of NEW fittings and some doubtful ones in my 'self-rescue' setup.

A dam of plasticene and filling it with kids bubble-mixture also works for those really slow leaks, such as coming up past the threads...

All great feedback guys. Appreciate it.