Sentences with phrase «as coolant does»

Generally speaking, the operation of the AC system should not create a coolant leak to occur, as coolant does not flow through the AC unit in any capacity.

Not exact matches

In addition, without water as a coolant, they do not produce explosive hydrogen gas when they overheat.

It is also more cost effective and reduces energy consumption as the system does not require huge pumps to generate the flow of the coolant.

«What it does is it takes different sorts of fuel materials such as plutonium or used nuclear fuel, it casts that into a metallic fuel, it puts it in a reactor that has liquid sodium as a coolant — and if you have liquid sodium as a coolant then the energies of the neutrons are higher so you can use a different fuel source.

You do always want to keep some coolant in your system as it helps with corrosion and lubrication.

I think the «purple» description is a bit of a mater of color perception... With existing coolant all you can do is to test it, among other things UV leak detection dye will completely throw the color off and I think it may change with age as well.

Sometimes catastrophic head failures don't contaminate the oil (which does indeed produce a frothy substance as you describe); the head could be cracked from the outside into a coolant passage, or, rarely and usually only in poorly manufactured or improperly installed gaskets, the head gasket can blow outward from a coolant passage.

I'm a tech for Vw and I do really like working on them but their are days were things go wrong just last week I had a tdi passat in losing coolant pressure tested system no external leak found tpi regarding cylinder head issue removed inlet manifold and pressure tested no luck I assumed it was the egr cooler as I eliminated dsg cooler and oil cooler.

As long as you can still see something in the coolant reservoir, you probably didn't cause any permanent damagAs long as you can still see something in the coolant reservoir, you probably didn't cause any permanent damagas you can still see something in the coolant reservoir, you probably didn't cause any permanent damage.

You're changing the water pump, so that's a good opportunity to do a coolant flush as well.

After a year I had to check again condition of coolant and it did not have any rust deposits and was «just as liquid» as a new 50:50 coolant - water mixture.

EDIT: As for the low coolant, if possible, you should inspect the coolant hoses and water pump for leaks, or have a mechanic do the same.

You do want to check the ratio of coolant and water as straight coolant (or too much compared to water) will not cool as well.

We do not run water as coolant in road vehicles due to the corrosion problems it can cause to the internal water passageways of the engine, and also due to issues with expansion, if the water were to freeze it can crack the engine block itself.

As long as you don't mix the two coolants together you should not have any probleAs long as you don't mix the two coolants together you should not have any probleas you don't mix the two coolants together you should not have any problem.

I'm concerned they didn't source a new oil pump - without it, parts of the engine or coolant system may overheat and this could lead to leaks such as the ones you have seen.

I think another reason I didn't notice the leak as much right when it started is it looks like the way it is damaged lets coolant into the tank, but sucks outside air back into the radiator, so a lot of the coolant was initially just getting lost from the radiator into the tank and replaced with air.

Anecdotal evidence: Once upon a time I overheated an engine in the dead of winter after a cracked lower radiator hose lead to all my coolant leaking out — I wasn't aware it was compromised and didn't realize it was leaking out as I was driving.

As few do - it - yourselfers have a coolant strength tester, its best left up to a service provider.

Also doing their bit to seal the exceptionally fine balance between driving pleasure and fuel consumption for this output class are a coolant pump that operates only as necessary, a map - controlled oil pump, Electric Power Steering, the Auto Start Stop function, Brake Energy Regeneration and various other solutions developed under the banner of BMW EfficientDynamics.

Get a quote for a service: If you're not quite comfortable diagnosing and changing your own coolant temperature sensor, a professional mechanic, such as from YourMechanic, will be happy to do it for you at your home or office.

To do this, the IS F has an oil cooler that uses the engine coolant as a major means of cooling the lubricant and preventing oil deterioration.

As a matter of fact, the only thing that's been done in that 40K is routine maintenance (oil changes and a change of coolant).

The adiabatic theory would hold that CO2 actually acts as a coolant to the atmosphere, by trapping heat and carrying up to TOA to be released,... just as the other well known GHG, water vapor, does.

We do not know enough to determine under what circumstance CO2 is a forcing or a feedback relative to temperature sometimes it maybe both sometimes over large areas it may even be a coolant e.g. if you think it is the main driver (which I don't) you would have to say it acted as a coolant for several thousand years from the Holocene climate optimum to the LIA — see Fig 6 in the last post at http://climatesense-norpag.blogspot.com I quoted the end Permian Siberian traps as a possible example of CO2 as a forcing but even here CO2 was rising rapidly before the volcanic event.

In many vehicles, gasoline doesn't just serve as fuel — it's also lubricant and coolant for the engine.