More coolant talk, testing the water

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>     I did what I was advised to, check that water coming out the rear of the
> pipe.  There is a lot, took about 10 minutes of holding a mayo jar to the
> tail pipe to get a small sample.  I then threw it in the freezer and let it
> sit for 20 minutes.  It froze, all of it, even the droplets on the side of
> the jar.  So no coolant seems to be coming through the final box, but I am
> going to place that jar underneath the car to get at the stuff that drips
> from the downpipe cat junction.  That stuff looked green when I saw it in
> the garage down in NY...

Sounds an odd test to me.  The usual way is just to sniff the exhaust -
burning coolant has a very acrid smell that's very hard to miss.

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