Bit of a water leak coming from LPG vaporiser

Hi all

Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant was
leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits the
unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded it in
the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the plastic
pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping that
there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got the car
home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and that seemed
to stem the flow for now.

Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I
might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?

Thanks in advance

Marcus

1996 P38A 4.6HSE on gas (leeking a bit of coolant!)
1959 SII 2.5D (weekend play thing!)

"Marcus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant
> was leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits
> the unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded
> it in the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the
> plastic pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping
> that there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got
> the car home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and
> that seemed to stem the flow for now.
>
> Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I
> might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?
>
> Thanks in advance

Try BSS or other local plumbers suppliers.

Lee D

In message <[email protected]>, Marcus
<[email protected]> writes
>Hi all
>
>Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant was
>leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits the
>unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded it in
>the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the plastic
>pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping that
>there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got the car
>home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and that seemed
>to stem the flow for now.
>
>Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I
>might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Marcus
>
>1996 P38A 4.6HSE on gas (leeking a bit of coolant!)
>1959 SII 2.5D (weekend play thing!)
>
>
The elbow just screws in. Take it out and reseal, ptfe tape or similar.
--
hugh
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Thanks Hugh - Off to the garage for me this morning then!

I'll let you know how I get on

Marcus
"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>, Marcus
> <[email protected]> writes
>>Hi all
>>
>>Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant
>>was
>>leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits the
>>unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded it
>>in
>>the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the
>>plastic
>>pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping that
>>there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got the
>>car
>>home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and that
>>seemed
>>to stem the flow for now.
>>
>>Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I
>>might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Marcus
>>
>>1996 P38A 4.6HSE on gas (leeking a bit of coolant!)
>>1959 SII 2.5D (weekend play thing!)
>>
>>
> The elbow just screws in. Take it out and reseal, ptfe tape or similar.
> --
> hugh
> Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

Just let you know that the water outlet is a push in fit that's held in
place with a circlip. The only listed dealers for Omnia in the UK are
Shardlow Land Rovers, who don't do conversions any longer, but haven't told
the LPGA! After a chat with a realy helpful chap at PTP in Hinkley he
called the LPGA for me and found that Shardlow are the only listed agents
for Omnia! With no way of getting another water outlet, I had a trip to
Wickes and got a 15mm copper tank fitting and with a bit of precision angle
grinding & a couple of O-rings, I managed to open the hole in the vaporiser
casing and trim the tank outlet to make it fit! I've been on a trip to
London (from Worksop) approx 300miles today and it's not leaked!! The
repair at £4.00 is better than my other option of fitting a new vaporiser
for about £140.00!

Cheers

Marcus

"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>, Marcus
> <[email protected]> writes
>>Hi all
>>
>>Had a bit of a scare whilst sitting in a car park today. Engine coolant
>>was
>>leaking out from the Omnia LPG vaporiser from where the coolant exits the
>>unit. I proded it abit (as you do) and it leaked faster so I prodded it
>>in
>>the other direction and it stopped. It seams to come from where the
>>plastic
>>pipe (elbow shaped) comes out from the main housing. I'm hoping that
>>there's an o-ring seal thats failed or something else simple. I got the
>>car
>>home by chucking a bottle of Radweld into the expansion tank and that
>>seemed
>>to stem the flow for now.
>>
>>Has anybody every had a similar problem to this? Anybody any idea where I
>>might get a replacement exit elbow from if I need one?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Marcus
>>
>>1996 P38A 4.6HSE on gas (leeking a bit of coolant!)
>>1959 SII 2.5D (weekend play thing!)
>>
>>
> The elbow just screws in. Take it out and reseal, ptfe tape or similar.
> --
> hugh
> Reply to address is valid at the time of posting