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AhhDickieG wrote: I believe the earliest RP number is 6636, 9th January 1995.
Yup, cold weather certainly makes the ram leak more, I noticed this on my car. The rear ram was damp last winter, but no leaking during the summer. And now it's damp again...XantiaMan wrote: Give the rams a good clean up and check how much they are actually weeping. It may be that when the weather warms up, they stop leaking enough for you to MOT it and iron out any niggles, and hopefully come up with a solution.
I wouldn't know... It would've been better if the ram on mine had properly failed last winter, as the prices have gone up again...CitroJim wrote:Curious as to why Koukku....Koukku wrote: Yup, cold weather certainly makes the ram leak more, I noticed this on my car. The rear ram was damp last winter, but no leaking during the summer. And now it's damp again...
It makes no logical sense...
They are inded getting very expensive now, which is why I'm keen to see what can be done to ressurect those weeping from the leakage return collar but not leaking from the ram proper.Koukku wrote:It would've been better if the ram on mine had properly failed last winter, as the prices have gone up again...
I'm no engineer, but i know rubber is far more supple in warmer weather than it is when cold. I'm sure the tolerances are pretty tight, but if the rubber seals were cold, less supple and they also shrink a little with age, i can see that being a feasible explanations as to why its more common in cold weather.CitroJim wrote:Curious as to why Koukku....Koukku wrote: Yup, cold weather certainly makes the ram leak more, I noticed this on my car. The rear ram was damp last winter, but no leaking during the summer. And now it's damp again...
It makes no logical sense...
You should read Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman (the book, not the wikipeadia article), It gives the story of how it was discovered that cold seals caused the Space Shuttle Challenger to explode.XantiaMan wrote:I'm no engineer, but i know rubber is far more supple in warmer weather than it is when cold.CitroJim wrote:Curious as to why Koukku....Koukku wrote: Yup, cold weather certainly makes the ram leak more, I noticed this on my car. The rear ram was damp last winter, but no leaking during the summer. And now it's damp again...
It makes no logical sense...
Now there's a book I know I'd thoroughly enjoy Mikexantia_v6 wrote: You should read Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman (the book, not the wikipeadia article), It gives the story of how it was discovered that cold seals caused the Space Shuttle Challenger to explode.