Randy Ross wrote:
I have a 1982 Merc 470. After running it for an hour or so the coolant level
is normal. It can even set for an hour and still is fine. But when it sets
overnight thecoolant level is down. Sometimes a pint or 2. No leaks seen.
Where could it be going and how would confirm it. Thanks...




Hi Randy,

You need to pressure test the closed side of the cooling system.

Most auto repair places have a radiator pressure tester if you don't
want to go to a "marine" dealer, or with less money than having one test
done along with just a little skill & cunning you can do it yourself,
then you'll have a tester forever which can test all closed cooling
systems:-).

Out of copper tubing (plumbing place stuff) you need to make a fitting:-)
(i) a short (2" to 3") tube to clamp into the right diam (1 1/2"???) to
clamp the hose that comes from the top of the engine head;
(ii) into the middle of this solder a small tube (3/16" diam or 1/4"
diam) so;
(iii) you can clamp a normal tubeless tyre valve onto it (just cut the
excess rubber of the lower part of the valve then clamp with silastic
onto the outer end of the small tube)
(iv) last you'll need an extra piece of radiator or any hose to clamp
from your fitting to the original header tank.

Now you can clamp the fitting into the top hose & fill the system back
up with coolant.

Using a cheap tyre pump (NB use one that has a pressure gauge!!!) K
mart has them for A$less than 10 US$ probably even less:-)

Slowly & carefully pressurise the system with a couple of strokes from
the tyre pump, watch the gauge!! & don't put more than about 10 psi in.
The good thing about this method is unlike the "pro" testers you still
have the original pressure cap on so it gets tested for leaks but much
more importantly acts as a safety valve if you "accidentally" put too
much pressure in.

Once you have say 10 psi in the system, feel the pressure by squeezing
one of the hoses, then leave it a short time (not long if there's a leak
you'll know in a minute of so), If the pressure seeps away after a few
minutes (the hose feels soft) then re-pressurise & start trying to find
the leak, start at the obvious, hoses clamps, then welsh (core to
you:-)) plugs, all around the outside particularly in way of the
head/block area (this has an alloy block with cast iron head??? if so
hmmmmmmmm), if ya still can't find take the spark plugs out & make sure
no coolant is getting into the cyls by "slowly" by hand turning the
engine over. Usually once you have the system cold & pressurised you'll
find the leak pretty quick. Of course depending on what/where it is you
may wish you hadn't:-)

Let us all know how you go.

K

The Krause lie of the day???

The liar Krause works for Ullico the union Co that tries to take money
from honest hard working unionists then direct it to "union" decided
projects, so this lie is him admitting how a union organisation was
actually funding a political campaign, illegal?? you ask, yeah me too
but hey we know how much he hates Bush. Ullico has a history in this
also as you'll see in subsequent Krause lies.

I'm doing my part to ease unemployment. I'm hiring another
writer for my staff. Will be putting the ad on MONSTER.COM and in the
Wash Post.

I need more staff because 2004 is a major election year and business
booked to date indicates we'll be drowning in work. We need to hire a
production coordinator, too. It has very little to do with the state
of the
economy, other than using it as reason to defeat Republicrap candidates.


Is this just another Krause lie??? well probably like all the others:-)
but imagine if it's actually true???? Knowing that he has no "business"
of his own just as he has no boat of his own, but he works for Ullico
which is supposed to be a not for profit looking out for genuine
unionists?????



We have first-class benefits, including a top-of-the-line health
insurance plan, a non-contributory defined-benefit pension plan, a 401k,
and a life insurance policy equal to annual salary. We contribute a
share of profits to the 401k on behalf of the employee. Our employees
pay $4.50 for generic prescriptions and $8.00 for non-generics, but
that's going up next year to $10 and $15. New employees get two weeks
vacation the first year, and that goes to three weeks the third year. In
addition, we have 12 paid holidays and we shut down from noon on
Christmas eve to the day after New Year's Day. We also provide 20 days
of paid sick leave a year. And we have an outside company administering
pre-tax flexible bennies for our employees.
Our fringe benefit package follows the trade union model, except, of
course, for the profit contributions to 401k's. Trade unions are
not-for-profit enterprises.
How do these compare to the bennies at your shop?


Clearly if there is any truth to this then it's the pay & conditions
Krause gets from his employer Ullico & probably socialists being
socialists they pay all the employees the same!!! So here we have hard
working unionists being levied by their unions, who give the money to
the likes of Ullico who then pay their uneducated lying staff such as
Krause as per his own claims in his own words above, this is sad in the
extreme.

If you are in a union better start asking questions big time it's your
retirement they're ****ing against the wall, by paying themselves;

Even some in the NG found this lie over the top & said so;


Paid? Every year? I call "bull****". With 3 weeks vacation, 12 paid
holidays, and 20 paid sick days that's 47 *paid* days off every
year. Are they hourly employees? For a "small business", that's the road to
bankruptcy.

Boy...and you had me going there for a minute.


Even after that!!! not our lying Krause he just continues with the
previous line that his employer is putting big bucks into a political
campaign, how so??? they're a not for profit with tax concessions to
boot!!! it's illegal!!! send in the Feds!!! simple as that & remember
all you unionists it's "your" money they're
spending without your knowledge much less permission on "their"
political campaign!!!

So lying Krause continues & adds even more insight into what happens to
"your" money when it goes to the unions:-);

Not quite so simple, though you are trying hard to make it so. Our
business is up because we're on the cusp of an election year. Our
business always goes up in a major election year.
You could say we're going to be doing very well in 2004 because Bush is
such a total failure.
The 20 paid sick days aren't part of the "paid" days off unless those
days are used. None of our people abuses sick leave. In fact, no one as
yet has even come close to using 20 sick days in one year. They're there
in case they're needed.
Oh, I forgot. We also provide everyone with LTD.
The company provides an insurance plan that pays 50% of an employe's
salary for Long Term Disability. Employes have the option of purchasing
an additional 16.66%, bringing their total to 66.66%. The basic benefit
maximum is $4,000 per month. With the buy up, the limit is increased to
$10,000 per month.


In this case I suggest Krause just admits it's another of his lies
before any of his little socialist mates get nailed????