Bit of a water leak coming from LPG vaporiser

May 06, 2005 4 Replies
M

Hi all



Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant was leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits the unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded it in the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the plastic pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping that there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got the car home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and that seemed to stem the flow for now.



Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?



Thanks in advance



Marcus


1996 P38A 4.6HSE on gas (leeking a bit of coolant!)
1959 SII 2.5D (weekend play thing!)

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L

Try BSS or other local plumbers suppliers.

Lee D

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In message , Marcus writes

The elbow just screws in. Take it out and reseal, ptfe tape or similar.

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M

Thanks Hugh - Off to the garage for me this morning then!

I'll let you know how I get on

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M

Just let you know that the water outlet is a push in fit that's held in place with a circlip. The only listed dealers for Omnia in the UK are Shardlow Land Rovers, who don't do conversions any longer, but haven't told the LPGA! After a chat with a realy helpful chap at PTP in Hinkley he called the LPGA for me and found that Shardlow are the only listed agents for Omnia! With no way of getting another water outlet, I had a trip to Wickes and got a 15mm copper tank fitting and with a bit of precision angle grinding & a couple of O-rings, I managed to open the hole in the vaporiser casing and trim the tank outlet to make it fit! I've been on a trip to London (from Worksop) approx 300miles today and it's not leaked!! The repair at £4.00 is better than my other option of fitting a new vaporiser for about £140.00!

Cheers

Marcus

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