Russell Kent wrote:
 >
 > > Thomas Parkes wrote:
 > >     Question for cooling system engineers.  I've set my EIS to

warn of

 > > coolant temperatures above 220 degrees, but I don't believe I've

seen

any
 > > data on the actual boiling temperature of 50/50 water/gycol

coolant

under 13
 > > lbs pressure.  What would be a realistic red-line to use?
 >
 > A 50/50 ethylene glycol (C2H6O2) water blend boils at 223 degF

under 1

ATM.

  The
 > 13 psi working pressure will raise the boiling point another 40

degF (

approx).
 > 220 degrees (assuming that's accurate) for 13 psi might be fine,

but it

really
 > depends on lots of things that are hard to quantify.  Where's the
temperature
 > reading occuring in the coolant loop?  How accurate is the

sender/receiver

system?
 >
 > Russell Kent

You might try making that a 90/10 glycol mix. Much better heat

transffer. And

run a 22 pound cap.

Lynn E. Hanover

Bill Hyde wrote:

Where can a 22psi cap be purchased?
Bill Hyde

Pep Boys.

Paul Lamar
 
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