Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 19 August 2015, 21:10:28
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Is it just me who thinks that those antifreeze testers consisting of floating balls are worse than useless?
Some of the balls float for a second or two and then drop, others float somewhere in the middle of the tester.
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In a hydrometer, the ball will float wherever the specific gravity of the liquid makes it float.
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In a hydrometer, the ball will float wherever the specific gravity of the liquid makes it float.
Don't you get technical with me.... :D ;)
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They do work as I've tested them and my results were bang on.
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They do work as I've tested them and my results were bang on.
Did your balls drop then Webby? ::) :D ;D
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They do work as I've tested them and my results were bang on.
Did your balls drop then Webby? ::) :D ;D
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They do work as I've tested them and my results were bang on.
Despite my Omega having 4.5 litres of GM red the tester showed pure water. No ball movement at all. :-\
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They do work as I've tested them and my results were bang on.
Despite my Omega having 4.5 litres of GM red the tester showed pure water. No ball movement at all. :-\
That's a bugger.... :( How about asking your wife's, better looking sister, to have a look, she may inspire some movement............... :y :y
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All they show is the specific gravity of the coolant, whereas what you need to know is whether it still has its' corrosion inhibiting properties.
..and I have a feeling I've read somewhere that they are not compatible with long life coolant. :-\
Change it every few years, and always use a 50/50 mixture when topping up and you can't go wrong. :y
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Some are not compatible with different types of antifreeze...also the disc type ones that contain several coloured dics,,,if you take the discs out and then put them back in the wrong order they either will not work at all or give a false reading :y