Jason Hubbard's Blog Posts Tagged 'engine' (2)

Water is cheap and an excellent heat transfer fluid, provided it operates within a limited temperature range. Specifically, below 100 C and above 0C. Adding 50% anti-freeze and applying 14.5psi raises the boiling point to 125 C and lowers the freezing point to -35. Surprisingly these additional measures regulary fail to prevent overheating in classic, high…

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Draining your system.

whilst not essential we would recommend the engine is run until warm. This will help ensure any sediment is partially loosened and coolant viscosity lowered. Drain the existing coolant from the entire cooling system including the heater…