[Vwdiesel] Food color in coolant?

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  When you say it'll be drained and filled with "proper" coolant, exactly what's in it now?   If you're running straight water, that can cause thermostat opening problems from boiling.  If it's regular coolant then I don't see what some color would hurt and no need to change it.
    Loren



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
To: TDI-Conversion Group <tdi-conversion at yahoogroups.com>; Tdi <vw-tdi at yahoogroups.com>; VW Diesel Mail List <vwdiesel at www.audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 5:06 am
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Food color in coolant?


Sounds crazy, right?
As you know, I've started driving my '78, TDI powered bus again after having 
nstalled the second motor.  At this stage in the game, I'm considering 
verything testing until I'm sure all systems are set up and working properly, 
tc.  
 
'm waiting for the cluster to arrive from Brazil which will allow me to have 
he warning light for low coolant condition.  But I'm a little paranoid, so I'm 
hecking the level anytime before driving for now.
Trouble is, the bottle is a little cloudy so sometimes, depending on the 
ighting, etc, it is a little hard to see the exact level.
So I was thinking of adding a little food color to the coolant to make it 
arker/more visible.  Once I'm satisfied that things are working properly, the 
ystem will be drained and flushed and filled with proper coolant.
I can't think of any reason this would hurt anything, but I'd like to see 
ther's thoughts.  Perhaps I'm just being paranoid about missing it if I lost 
oolant again due to what happened before.

ave Cook
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