Water pump stealth failure?

David Kase davekase at pdqlocks.com
Mon Oct 2 15:52:53 EDT 2006


I need that tool!

Where did you buy it and how much?  I didn't see the price on the site...

David Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries
717-656-4281
717-656-8749 (f)
www.pdqlocks.com



Louis-Alain Richard wrote:

>>Interesting info, the temp laser gun...
>>
>>Dave Kase
>>
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>
>Just a correction here : this is an infrared temperature gun. The laser
>is only there to help you aim the gun...
>
>http://www.mastercool.com/m42.html
>
>I have one of these here, cheap and useful to diagnose running problems:
>
>- dragging brakes, BTW, solid rear rotors are always hotter than front
>vented in normal driving. This is on my urQ which has a pressure
>dependent proportioning valve like the 4000Q.
>
>- cooling fan switch failure, common problem on the urQ.
>
>- oil temperature gauge that reads a bit highish, confirmation from the
>oil pan temperature lecture with the gun. On the other hand, water temp
>gauge is very accurate.
>
>- air vent temperature to evaluate the AC performance (should be less
>than 10C with recirculation ON and full blast thru only the center
>vent). This saved me some unnecessary refills of R134a...
>
>- evaluate thread temperature inside-center-outside to show alignment or
>pressure problems on different than OEM size tires.
>
>Mine is always in the glovebox now.
>
>Louis-Alain
>
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