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Small Coolant leak=large clouds
Posted by Ben Millard [Email] (more from Ben Millard) on Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:21:33
In Reply to: Do I have water injection now, Alain(Luxembourg), Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:23:57
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An almost invisible lowering of the coolant resevoir will produce very obvious white exhaust clouds and an obvious odor of boiled ethelyne-glycol. (Sickly sweet smell/aftertaste)
While the ABSENCE of clouds does not mean your head or gasket are intact, it does rule out fairly safely that coolant is entering the combustion chambers while running.
Naturally, the pressure in your cooling system gets HIGHER after shutdown (The temp rises) so leaking might likely be occurring then.
I just wanted to point out that IF you were "water injecting" any coolant at all, you'd see it. Passing less than a couple of tablespoons one time produced white clouds so thick and large as to completely obscure my alley for more than half a block. Quite an impressive trick, I was thinking of "hardwiring" that in like a Bond-mobile trick.
Ben
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