I flew to Mammoth this weekend for some snow boarding. Has a great time, and was 210 kts GS on the way up.
Parked the plane for two nights and came back out this afternoon for the flight home. But there was a small puddle of coolant under the engine... and it was still dripping.
Then I remembered. I recently sprung a leak in a cooling line - while away from home. After fixing the leak I used tap water to refill what coolant had been lost - about a gallon. I had forgotten all about that on this latest trip... to the mountains. I figure the antifreeze level was now down to about 25/75 and the overnight temps in the low 20's did the job.
I had to concentrate on getting back home for work tomorrow so I couldn't do much. I couldn't even take off the lower cowl.
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