Thread: Coolant sludge - why??

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Originally Posted by 34_40

. The cast iron will probably outlive me and most of my family. But like you I'm wondering what's at the bottom of my block and will have to investigate.

Might be time to pull those Loc Tite covered pipe plugs and it will be a good time to install petcocks. The drains on a Ford are just below spark plugs 1 and 8.

As far as some space in the radiator tank - I would imagine that there is some built in for heated water expansion as you don't really want to lift that radiator cap every time you shut that iron engine down, putting water/coolant at over the atmospheric boiling point into the recovery tank - it becomes steam and will escape. A 15 psig cap moves the boiling point at sea level to close to 250*F

Originally Posted by IC2

Might be time to pull those Loc Tite covered pipe plugs and it will be a good time to install petcocks. The drains on a Ford are just below spark plugs 1 and 8.

And that's probably what's going to happen! Dependant on what's found inside, I'll decide on what to re-install. I was just thinking that mine had been filled with a 50/50 mix of Peak anti-freeze and well water. I know my well water has a high iron content anyway, HMmmmmm...

Originally Posted by 34_40

And that's probably what's going to happen! Dependant on what's found inside, I'll decide on what to re-install. I was just thinking that mine had been filled with a 50/50 mix of Peak anti-freeze and well water. I know my well water has a high iron content anyway, HMmmmmm...

Distilled water at Wally World is 82 cents a gallon. You will need two gallons. 1/4" npt petcocks at Advance/Auto Zone are $3.48 each. I use the distilled as we had high calcium content water - what it is now from the Hudson instead of the towns wells, no clue.

Originally Posted by IC2

Distilled water at Wally World is 82 cents a gallon. You will need two gallons. 1/4" npt petcocks at Advance/Auto Zone are $3.48 each. I use the distilled as we had high calcium content water - what it is now from the Hudson instead of the towns wells, no clue.

Thanks for the parts list!

Regarding your drinking water, Federal law says your to recieve a water quality report showing what in the water or what's been added to it. Also to be included is any limit violations / exceedences for the previous 12 months.

But then it also says the federal gov't. is to create / implement an annual budget right?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Thanks for the parts list!

Regarding your drinking water, Federal law says your to recieve a water quality report showing what in the water or what's been added to it. Also to be included is any limit violations / exceedences for the previous 12 months.

But then it also says the federal gov't. is to create / implement an annual budget right?

We get the annual report plus it is on-line .

And that US Budget -

Originally Posted by IC2

And that US Budget -

Yep, that's looks about right, a little red x, that's our budget!

Originally Posted by IC2

We get the annual report plus it is on-line .

And that US Budget -

Love the "smiley" !

I was just thinking last night that I can grab a couple gallons of De-ionized water from the local project for free. Not sure what the worth / value might be in relation to rusting but it would assist in less electrolysis...

Originally Posted by 34_40

Love the "smiley" !

I was just thinking last night that I can grab a couple gallons of De-ionized water from the local project for free. Not sure what the worth / value might be in relation to rusting but it would assist in less electrolysis...

Deion water still has the minerals though bound molecularly. Distilled water has the minerals stripped out. Trying to remember my steam turbine water chemistry and if I recall, the pH of deionized water is closer to acidic, i.e ~5.5 vs ~7 for distilled (Coke has a pH of 2.5!!!). But at that price, all you need are a couple clean jugs

Originally Posted by IC2

Deion water still has the minerals though bound molecularly. Distilled water has the minerals stripped out. Trying to remember my steam turbine water chemistry and if I recall, the pH of deionized water is closer to acidic, i.e ~5.5 vs ~7 for distilled (Coke has a pH of 2.5!!!). But at that price, all you need are a couple clean jugs

That's the beauty of having a plant lab close by. I can run some gallons in both processes if needed. ( I forget the same off the top of my head) Ph is easy to adjust!

FYI................all pressure caps will increase boiling point of the water in a 50/50 mix by 3 degrees per lb of cap. So a 15 lb cap will boost boiling point by 45 degrees. Add 45 to 212(boiling point for H2O) and you get 257 degF .

Yep - well aware of that - though you don't need antifreeze to elevate the boiling point, only a pressure cap.

Thanks for reminding those that weren't aware of that