belts, hoses and coolant
Longer life, maintenance-free, no surprises or road emergencies—those would be the goals from your truck’s belts, hoses and coolant. But achieving such worry-free operation requires some planning and forethought on your part. Certainly, start by buying the products from a reputable manufacturer, dealer or distributor. • Flexfab’s Bill Morrissey says, “Many of our fleet customers
Shell Rotella Ultra ELC leads revamped heavy-duty coolant portfolio
Shell Rotella Ultra ELC, an extended-life antifreeze/coolant for use in heavy-duty diesel, gasoline and natural gas-powered engines, is designed to go 600,000 on-highway miles and provide overall reduction in cooling system maintenance. It is formulated to meet more severe operational conditions of modern, hotter-running engines
Fluid Rx expands coolant diagnostics
Heavy-Duty Antifreeze Diagnostics dip-strips from Fluid Rx provide the fluid’s freeze point, nitrite, molybdate and pH levels. Results are available in about one minute, giving the most accurate reading outside of a full laboratory analysis. For light-duty vehicles and most cars, the Fluid Rx All-In-1 Automotive Antifreeze/Coolant Diagnostics dip-strips measure the freeze point, boiling point, reserve alkalinity and pH level.
Shell Rotella Ultra ELC leads revamped heavy-duty coolant portfolio
The new Shell Rotella heavy-duty engine antifreeze/coolant product portfolio is led by Shell Rotella Ultra ELC, an extended-life antifreeze/coolant for use in heavy-duty diesel, gasoline and natural gas-powered engines. ELCs are designed to go 600,000 or more on-highway miles and provide overall reduction in cooling system maintenance.
Versatile coolant/auto body leak detection dye from Tracer
The new TP-3900 Dye-Lite coolant/auto body dye from Tracer Products quickly finds leaks in radiators, hoses, water pumps and fittings, the company said. The fluorescent dye glows a bright green when scanned with a Tracerline ultraviolet or blue light inspection lamp, showing the exact location of all leaks.
Cummins debuts new coolant, handy engine monitoring device
Cummins says its new Fleetguard ES Compleat OAT (Organic Acid Technology) Coolant is a nitrite-, amine- and phosphate-free formula that offers liner pitting protection and better aluminum protection than conventional OAT coolants. The company also introduced QuickCheck 5200, a handheld device that allows customers to access public data from any manufacturer’s engine with electronic controls, transmission, braking and vehicle systems.
Drought, rainfall can affect coolant source water specs
According to Indianapolis-based Polaris Laboratories LLC (www.polarislabs.com), the most important factor in setting up a cooling system maintenance program is using a source water you know meets American Standards Testing Materials (ASTM) and engine manufacturers specifications for use in engine coolant. Source waters that fall short can cause very serious engine damage. Because geographic location
EngineCheckupMDC offers 4-way coolant test strips
EngineCheckupMDC 4-Way Test Strips (Part No. 98722) offer new technology for instant coolant analysis for four critical measurements of the status of antifreeze components, the maker said.
CXI offers 2V-700 coolant extractor
The CXI 2V-700 coolant extractor offers more complete control of fluid removal and installation when servicing diesel engines, said its manufacturer, DBT Inc. Using shop air as its power source, the unit quick-couples to the vehicle’s cooling system. By drawing a vacuum in the coolant extractor’s 18-gal. tank, the coolant can be extracted from the cooling system. Once the repair is complete, pressurize the tank and refill the system through the bottom.
Penray coolant filters with corrosion inhibitor
Penray Power Fleet division said it offers the Pencool NF3000 with Stabil-Aid cooling system filters to combat overheating and other cooling system problems like scaling and liner pitting.