05-28-2011, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Why Does My Cobra Love Tissue Paper?
Because tissue paper is positively the best leak paper I've found. Much better than paper towels, and better than the high quality white paper dinner napkins that I've used in the past. Now I'm not talking toilet paper, or Kleenex, but rather that nice high-quality tissue paper that your wife wraps presents in. Right now I have an ever-so-slight fluid leak (one drop a week) from one of the nine fitting points of my black reservoirs -- not sure which one, but it tracks down the lines to make you think it's coming from somewhere else. It's actually done that for years, off and on. Even a pin-drop's worth of brake fluid shows up really well on light blue tissue paper. I also have a hint of an oil leak (not even half a dime-sized drop) from my FE. It's from the bead along the back of the intake manifold. I had eliminated it a couple of years ago with a finger tip's worth of black RTV at the right spot, but that seems to have come loose, so I'm replacing it with the ultra-grey. Again, tissue paper shows even the tiniest bit of oil. Anyway, here's a couple of shots, for lack of anything better to do:
Last edited by patrickt; 10-25-2016 at 08:16 AM..
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