Originally Posted by
getfast
Just the appearance of splatter will not necessarily fail you @ tech unless it is visibly dripping, and it depends on your tech inspector's interpretation of what's going on. However if you know you have a slow leak, you should definitely fixit before you run the car. What if that stuff gets all over the tires? Or drops on the track and gets on someone else's tires? Or gets worse the hotter you get the car, as you're doing lots of runs in close sequence? Anything that COULD be dangerous... CAN be dangerous on a roadcourse. Luckily it doesn't sound difficult or expensive to fix.
Yeah, I'd fix it if it were a problem, but it's not a slow leak. I've talked to a few techs about it, and apparently my assumption was correct - these slowly leak out any excess fluid by design. I don't know that it will have leaked out enough to be down by track day is my only worry. I could pull the drain plug, but then I'd have to get a new washer and everything...just a hassle. It'll leak about 5 drops over a 24 hour period, so it's slow going. I could take a hard right turn at high speed, supposedly that makes it drain off faster lol. Car has been on the road for a year and a half since being built. It has even seen two dyno sessions, both involving numerous back to back dyno runs without any hitch. I don't foresee it letting anything go.
BTW, thanks for the links.
I imagine I'll have to buy my own helmet since most helmets don't even come big enough for me.