What you will find here: Intended to display minor modifications to my Westfield SEi, this blog now witnesses the two year rebuild (and more) after a major crash in October 2011. Have fun and feel free to add a comment at the end of any post.
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Petrol leak test

The compressed air test was not very concluant. That's why I took off the head yesterday. Other tests can now be done like the petrol leakage test. It consists in pouring some petrol on the top of the pistons. A faulty ringset will not keep the petrol on top as long as the others. With the pistons at the same height and a stopwatch, you can see what happens and how fast.
Cylinder #3 leaked well ahead of the other three. The pic shows it dry when 2 and 4 were still wet.
The same test can be repeated with the cylinder head by filling the exhaust duct (valves slightly leaking, but not a lot)...
... and the inlet duct (valves completely dry).
A Caterham owner and X/flow expert will tell me what to do next. I guess it means dismantling the bottom end, as already written in an earlier post.
Cheers.

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