We have a minor leak (but a leak none-the-less) in the engine coolant system. Quick inspection under the engine showed the dried up pink antifreeze in the drip pan below it. But it turns out the hose clamp is just a tiny bit too large so you can't tighten it down. SS clamp shopping tomorrow to replace it. Form-a-gasket will help, but the real problem is the mis-sized clamp.
Then we took off the cover for the front of the engine - safely covers the belt. Some dust under there;
it turns that the belt is rubbing on the cover in a location where there is no stand-off. But we want the
cover on because there's an engine water cooling hose that passes by the belt very very closely. That same hose is probably what pushes the cover too close... Now that we understand the problem, we can fix it tomorrow. Never finish today what you can put off till tomorrow.
Actually, we have bigger plans for today.
Water impeller removed and inspected. We replaced it. Olive oiled the old one and kept it for a
spare. O-ring is in good shape too.
But the real push today was the mixing elbow... Here's the before picture at 555 engine hours:
Wow. Major clog. All that schmutz is not supposed to be there.
That can back-pressure the engine from the exhaust side. Not good-nic.
And then after clean out photo:
Re-installed that puppy. Re-installed the sound insulation that had to be extracted for more room too.. So much better now!
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