I'm trying to test my coolant for SCA. The nitrate does not seem to be registering. I have two new pints of the diesel coolant additive in so I think I should at least be seeing 1.4 for SCA. I just changed the coolant last year and added the additive but did not test. I need to order some more test strips to figure out what is going on. Maybe I got some bad test strips??? Just trying to figure out what is going on and any tips for testing? Also, what does the service mean in the green part? I thought the range was 1.4-3.0. The higher the value the harder on the water pump?

 

Wish I could help Grant, but I punted on this one and put the Delo ELC in, but heres a bump at least.

 

I'm banging my head for not doing the same. For the amount of money I have spent on test strips and the additive I could of had the ELC. I wasn't very educated on coolant at the time.

 

bump

 

Maybe its time to just go get the red ELC, 16 a gallon for delo at my International dealer, so 64 bucks and 20 bucks in distilled water, your golden, or red as the case may be.

 

Thanks for the info, I think that's what I'm going to do. I'm tired of messing with the green coolant.

 

i really like the no worries of the ELC, I figure i will put new in when its time to replace my engine, lol

 

Had the same problem awhile back... ended up being a out of date test strip..they don't last very long.

 

The test strips were not out of date but I guess they could of been bad. I

ended up swapping out to the CAT ELC today. I went to the international dealer

and asked if they had ELC coolant and he asked me what I meant.

They only had the Rotella 50/50 mix so I went to the CAT

dealer and they only had the 50/50 mix as well. I ended up getting

that and was able to get 7 gallons in by taking out the drain plugs and

blowing through the heater hoses. One thing I forgot to do was

disconnect the batteries and got a little 4th of July show with the starter.
Luckily, I didn't damage anything. I didn't know there was a constant hot

wire at the starter. I'm just glad to get it switched over.

 

Grant, I assume you don't live in the frozen tundra like I do? I would be petrified to only have 7 gallons of 50/50! Glad its changed and a non issue now. Maybe down the road you can get your hands on a gallon of concentrate, bleed off a gallon of the mix, top off, life will be perfect.

 

I live in ABQ, NM. Sometimes it gets a little cold. This winter it got down to -8 degrees. Hopefully I'll be ok. I need to top off my coolant when cold. It was down after a test drive. I'm estimating that it will take around 7 gallons. I think I need to add around 3/4 of a gallon. I think I might do as Marvin suggested in another thread that got edited for some reason...lol.... He said to boil the coolant to get rid of the water. Sounds like a good idea to me. I might have to do it on the grill when the wife is at work.

 

Grant,

That makes at least two of us.

 

I'm glad that a sharper guy than me made the same mistake. I was stressing a little that I fried something.. but it started up.

 

I think my confession proves I am not sharper. <<<< Dunce Cap

 

I know you are smarter than a 5th grader. We all learn here and that's what makes this a great site. I need do some math and look up boiling points for ELC.