Re: IML: Smoke on Dash equals Heater Coil leak

[ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx]

I would be interested to know more about that experimental engine. Is there any information on it at the UOT website?
As far as the "train loads" of mud are concerned, the product that I refer to contains maybe two cubic inches of powder in the package. It is something you try and if it doesn't work start tearing things down and do a real repair. I wouldn't doubt that if you dumped "train loads" of it in a cooling system some problems would occur. As far as needing to clean your coolant bucket with acetone, I do not dispute that such a measure would be necessary if there are "train loads" of the stuff used and exposed to the air because that is how it seals. However, under normal circumstances, using the product in a manner in which it is prescribed, it is not in any great quantity nor is it exposed to any air in a closed cooling system.

Roy  

In a message dated 12/10/2004 6:29:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>Actually, the product itself forms mud. ?I have used the stuff extensively in an
>experimental engine in my lab at the University of Texas. ?The engine I have
>built tends to have many coolant leaks inside the crankcase (due to the
>modifications I have done to it). ?Sometimes, instead of disassembling the
>whole engine, I just add some of this mud in there. ?It usually works,
>temporarily, which allows a few more tests to be ran. ?This engine is
>completely dissassembled and reassembled about twice a month, and a train load
>of mud is removed from the block coolant passages. ?This engine does not have a
>radiatior. ?Instead, a big aluminum bucket accumulates the water and the coolant
>is actually heated in there. ?You have to clean the bucket with an aceton wetted
>rag to clean it from the mud. ?I think it would be obvious what the mud would do
>to the small passages of a radiator.
>D^2
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>Quoting ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx:
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>> A large quantity of "mud" in a cooling system will certainly cause a problem
>> with overheating but you cannot make any educated statement that the product
>> causes overheating or even combined with the "mud" already in the system if
>> it didn't already cause any overheating! My experience with the stuff is in
>> the central valley of California, there are some places that get hotter, but
>> not many.
>> 
>> Roy
>> 67 Crown FDHT
>> 
>> In a message dated 12/10/2004 3:04:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>> 
>> >Problem with that stuff is the mud goes everywhere in the cooling system,
>> causing potential overheating in the summer.
>> >
>> >D^2
>> 
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