04-25-2006, 03:02 PM
Just thinking. Give me your thoughts:
My temp gauge likes to crap out on me every now and then. I was going to hook up another temp gauge as a backup. But instead, what if I hooked up coolant pressure? My thinking is that it might be even more useful as both a suppliment and a backup.
If I had a leak, and was losing coolant, I would see it long before the temp gauge would. That'd be cool.
If the radiator cap needed replacement, I would know. Sweet.
Head gasket leaking combustion gasses into coolant? I would see it.
Now here's the one I'm not sure of. If the water pump failed or the belt snapped. Would the pressure stay constant because it's regulated by the cap even as the coolant got hot? Or would pressure rise faster than the cap could bleed off and I would see it before the head gasket asplode? That'd be neat if so, and like I said, maybe even more useful than a temp gauge.
:?:
My temp gauge likes to crap out on me every now and then. I was going to hook up another temp gauge as a backup. But instead, what if I hooked up coolant pressure? My thinking is that it might be even more useful as both a suppliment and a backup.
If I had a leak, and was losing coolant, I would see it long before the temp gauge would. That'd be cool.
If the radiator cap needed replacement, I would know. Sweet.
Head gasket leaking combustion gasses into coolant? I would see it.
Now here's the one I'm not sure of. If the water pump failed or the belt snapped. Would the pressure stay constant because it's regulated by the cap even as the coolant got hot? Or would pressure rise faster than the cap could bleed off and I would see it before the head gasket asplode? That'd be neat if so, and like I said, maybe even more useful than a temp gauge.
:?:
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