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Ongoing leak saga - It's a mix!
Posted by 'Roo (more from 'Roo) on Wed, 9 May 2001 09:55:38
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ChipJ, you read my mind. I did this simple viscosity test last night to help determine the content of my leaking fluid.
Purpose:
Sample 1 - Mobil 1 10-30
Sample 2 - Leaky Unknown Fluid
Sample 3 - Valvoine SynPower P/S Fluid
Determine identity of Sample 2 via viscosity comparison
Procedure:
-Place 8.5x11 sheet of paper flat on top of a book on top of kitchen table. -Place equal sized drops of respective fluids at the top of sheet of paper.
-Turn book/paper vertical and allow the 3 fluids to flow down the page.
-Measure how far each of them runs in a given period of time.
-Repeat procedure several times for consistency
Results:
I did it three times. Here's the average distances that each of the respective fluids dropped:
Mobil 1 : 11.89cm
Unknown: 14.27cm
SynPower: 21.62cm
Conclusions:
This clearly indicates to me that the unknown fluid is a mixture of the two. I'm not certain (and haven't verified yet) how viscosities mix, but if I were to assume the simplest explanation, (i.e. that half Mobil 1 and half SynPower would have a viscosity halfway between Mobil 1 and Synpower),
then roughly the mix would appear to be 3/4 Mobil 1 and 1/4 SynPower.
Thoughts?
'Roo
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