[AT] Kohler Question

[Larry D. Goss]

LOL!  Infusion is a real phenomenon.  We use it and control it
regularly.  Tea and bouillon work pretty well by the infusion process
all the time.  Black coffee and half & half will work almost all the
time. If you know what you are doing, coffee stirrers are an unnecessary
product.  They don't even necessarily speed up the process of mixing
compared to what infusion can do all by itself.  But the whole idea of
some of the fancy espresso coffees you can have made at Starbucks is to
keep infusion from working at all.  Some gourmet restaurants make a
point of serving bowls of soup that are split right down the middle with
two different soups on opposite sides of the bowl with zero infusion. I
can trust infusion to work when I pour a bottle of HEET or add Stabil
into a gas tank even after it's full, but the bottom line is that I
wouldn't want to trust infusion for anti-freeze distribution.  There's
too much at stake if it doesn't work.

Larry 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George Willer
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:33 PM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: RE: [AT] Kohler Question

Alan,

I know the theory... but it doesn't hold for thermosiphon systems.  I
expect
the Kohler has a thermosiphon system. (no water pump nor thermostat)

There are a bazillion Farmall cubs with busted radiator tanks as proof.
We
presume people depended on the solution to blend itself but it doesn't.
The
water lays in the bottom and freezes at the first opportunity, breaking
an
expensive casting.

It isn't even likely it will circulate when the engine runs because of
the
difference in density.  ALWAYS MIX THE WATER AND ANTIFREEZE BEFORE
ADDING IT
TO THE SYSTEM.

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Alan Nadeau
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:25 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Kohler Question
> 
> Ethylene Glycol and Water form a solution.  I don't remember exactly
the
> terminology but the components in a solution will combine to the same
> proportions throughout the solution.  On the theoretical level it
should
> be
> possible to drain half the water, refill with anti-freeze and the
> materials
> will go into solution by themselves, given some undetermined time
period.
> 
> Would it be possible to pull the spark plugs, so it would turn easily,
> remove the thermostat so coolant could flow freely and crank it over
for
> several minute or two bursts with a booster battery?  An engine with
no
> compression won't load the starter to overheat it for quite a while.
> 
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