PS Magazine - AUGUST 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 273
AUGUST 1975
1±
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M
I
know
4
B.L²
.
'±
of a leak
DEar
CW
dEfinItIon
ThE bEst
d
Loss ²of
·
³dErE
a
·
s
is
thIs:
´s consµ
wh¶ch I
"A LEak I
at a ratE
(
F
ivE
d
r gas
sEEn¸
Hu¶
o
d tEctEd
or
a cooLing
rEadiLy
E
RinutE froR
rcasE, and
drops pEr
nkcasE, gEa
¹ a LEakº
»ra
¼1dErE
systER,
·
³
¶s cons
LEaks, no
rEcoI
ystER
thE
gun
brakE s
´n
rENdEr
½uEL or
w Rinor, w¾
¿rcraÀt, thE
Á
RattEr ho
bLE
.
) ½or aI
d bE usEd
¸
opEra
houL
Â
"
itER In
nuaL s
d L¶RÃts
Â
ÄcaL Ra
ds an
±
ÅEchnÃ
ÆfiÇ standar
DA PaÈ-
for spEcÃ
4E
of
th
RandErÉs
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para
)
C
o
R
This
7
;
_4
(Apr
74
,
ÊhËEt
Maintenance EvaluaTion
±echniques.
±he same definition is in para L-5e of
DA
Pam
750-18
(Mar
73 ),
Com²
mander's
³aintenance Guide´
Seals are supposed to let a little FUid
throughµ
±ha¶·s how
they keep ¸om
drying out´ So a seal that·s discolored
or a
little
damp
doesn¹t need to be
rºplacedµ
±his
condi»IOn ¼s ½alled a
seep¾anD it's
OKµ
A
gas leak (like in exhaust gas¿ is
usually a judgment caÀlÁ Âs it dangerous
to guys in the vehicle?
ÃCourseÄ any leak in a Åel or brake
system
sÆelÀs
bad newsµ You fix
immediateÀy´
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