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 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:22 pm |
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Tried to check amount of antifreeze in coolant tank the other day but the kinked neck below the filler cap means the guage I normally use is way to short to draw up any fluid.
Any suggestions to a guage/tester that will fit the tank opening?
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:55 pm |
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Could maybe try sticking a tube on the the end of your testing thingy
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:09 pm |
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Yeah, was thinking that too. Haven't got a bit that will fit right now but can't be too long as priming bulb only has a certain capacity of how much it will draw up standard length of tube
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:00 pm |
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Buy a decent tester then? Mine was £8 from a local motor outlet and has a nice long tube on the end.
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:02 pm |
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those hydro-type tester is pretty useless and inaccurate.
and strictly speaking unless you keep toping it up with water, the ratio of anti-freeze to water will remain constant.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:01 am |
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Mine seems to work spot on. get one of these, notice the long tube they sell them on eBay also
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:06 am |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:41 am |
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Thats exactly like the one I've got, except the tube is only about 2" long. I reckon one of my blokes has chopped the end off for some reason. Perhaps I'll do the same to him.............
Edit: In motor spares shop today and turns out they do one with a short tube and one with a long tube. When I bought the short one it was the only one they had.
Managed to draw enough out with a LARGE syringe and a bit of fuel pipe.
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