Jamie
Well Known Member
I had a fairly bad tank leak recently. Yesterday I got around to pulling the tank. I put a balloon on the tank and pressurized it and spent the next four hours trying to figure out where this tank was leaking from. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Very annoying to say the least.
Mike Stewart was out at the airport tooling around and he suggested more pressure. I rigged up a manometer and pressurized the tank to ~1 PSI. Voila. Found two big leaks on the inboard-most bay.
So word to the wise...if you are building your tanks and pressure testing them don't depend on a balloon to find your leaks.
Mike Stewart was out at the airport tooling around and he suggested more pressure. I rigged up a manometer and pressurized the tank to ~1 PSI. Voila. Found two big leaks on the inboard-most bay.
So word to the wise...if you are building your tanks and pressure testing them don't depend on a balloon to find your leaks.