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Joe90

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Dripping "water" from near gearbox after run with

External temp 20 degrees C, internal temp set at 22 degrees C. About an hour and a half run but only 50 miles due to traffic. Parked up in a Tescos for supplies. On return noticed damp patch under gearbox (could see a slow drip from that area) so moved FFRR to investigate. Smelt and tasted (yeah!) like water.

Is this normal in so much as it is a result of running the air con? No sign of coolant loss. .
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19th Aug 2011 5:45pm

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19th Aug 2011 5:47pm

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Its the aircon doing its dehumidity bit and the result is left behind

19th Aug 2011 5:50pm

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19th Aug 2011 6:31pm

GregP

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Yep, mines always doing it. Air con doing it's job. I call it a Dan drip after Dans love for having the air con on FFRR TD6 HSE
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19th Aug 2011 6:39pm

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''dan drip'....

19th Aug 2011 6:40pm

GregP

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Yeah, I'm sure he'll love it when he reads this FFRR TD6 HSE
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19th Aug 2011 7:13pm

dan_uk_1984

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GregP wrote:
Yeah, I'm sure he'll love it when he reads this

Love it, indeed I do!

All that water would othehrwise be wreaking havoc with your electrics, making your leather sticky(rotten over time) and making you sweat more.

Leave it on all year round for clear windows

19th Aug 2011 7:48pm

Joe90

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Thanks all, never spotted it before as I usually park on gravel. .
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20th Aug 2011 12:50am

DaveAngel

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Re: Dripping "water" from near gearbox after run w

Joe90 wrote:
Smelt and tasted (yeah!) like water.

This reminds me of a story when a freind of mine was a saftey engineer.

he was doing an assessment on a truck that had a glider launch winch at HMS Dadelus in hampshire. He was driven down to the end of the runway by a 20 something spotty RAF tech, got out and started his inspection.

He noticed there was a liquid on the winch gear, and suspecting it was a leek. Not being able to locate its source of the leek did the 'touch and taste test' to see if it was indeed oil.

at this point he noticed the RAF tech smirking, when he enquired why, the irk replyed

"Well, thats not a leek, you see when we are down this end of the runway, its a long way to the gents.."

True story. __________________
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24th Aug 2011 9:45am

Joe90

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Nice

Always smell first, then touch, then taste .
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24th Aug 2011 12:38pm

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