...or how about a CO detector in the cooling system?  Is there a simple CO
sensor that could handle the heat?  

Mark S.

Quoting Finn Lassen <finnlassen@netzero.net>:

> That's a great idea: two level sensors.
> One to detect that you are loosing coolant (low coolant level at the
> waterpump)  and the other to detect blowby (higher than normal level in
> the overflow bottle).
>
> Finn
>
> Dale Rogers wrote:
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> >Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> >>>... Blowby from
> >>>compression and/or combustion gasses forcing air into the coolant system
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> >>How long would it take a coolant pressure gauge to pick up on that one??
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> >   That partly depends on how close your cap pressure is to
> >the actual operating pressure.  It shouldn't take long at
> >all for an compression/exhaust leak to raise coolant
> >pressure to the cap pressure.  So the change in coolant
> >pressure should be notable.
> >
> >   An easy sanity check is a variation on Perry Mick's
> >method, put a go/no-go "fluid level" detector in the overflow bottle (not
> the recovery tank).  It should normally
> >be empty, or nearly so.  Exhaust in the coolant will fairly
> >quickly push some liquid past the pressure cap and trigger
> >the sensor.  Late 80's GM V-6's commonly use such a sensor
> >near the top of the radiator tank - I think the current
> >cost is about $35.00.
> >
> >Dale R.
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