I assume you put soapy water on the connections. Leaks are often too slow to
hear, but the bubbles you get with soapy water help to give it away. The
control valves can leak too so be sure to check those. There is a reed valve in
the electric compressor that can leak.
In addition to the soapy water, a leak detection technique that has worked well
for me is to put a little freon in the air tank and sniff around with a freon
leak detector. Those are extremely sensitive and will detect very small leaks.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: maycinc@cs.com
To: bricklin@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 1:58 pm
Subject: [Bricklin] Air door leak
I'm trying to track down a leak in my air door system that's driving me nuts.??
It's a somewhat slow leak but fast enough for all the pressure to be gone after
about 6 hours.? I checked all the fittings and could not detect any leaks.? I
also disconnected the lines going to the door cylinders and no air was coming
out of them. ? Also I could not detect any air coming back out through the
compressor intake. ? So, other than a possible leak in one of the lines, is
there some other possibility like an internal leak in the electric air
compressor?
Marvin
#1343
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