More coolant talk, testing the water

[Jim Haseltine]

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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.

Sniffing the exhaust is fine if you have a reasonable sense of smell
(amazing how many people haven't) or you know what burnt coolant smells
like, otherwise it just doesn't register.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine