The reason I asked was that I thought that every time that a diesal vists the fuel pad it has to have some water as well
I’ve been hit in the mouth by the coolant tank caps enough to determine that the systems are in fact pressurized.
As part of a daily inspection you must visually check and record the water level. If an engine is needing water every day , that is an indication that something is wrong !!
Randy
[xx(] How right you are, and how crass of me…I offer my apology to Terminal Tower…it was a very bad day for me when I wrote my original message and I was very cranky as well…hope you accept my apology.
Zardoz - once again, you made me cry! Fortunately I was alone so people won’t see me pounding my desk with tears in my eyes!
What a great way to start a morning!
Mookie
Apology accpeted…
Eolafan,
That reminds me of that scene in the movie Groundhog Day where the groundhog is in Bill Murry’s lap driveing the truck and Bill tells the groundhog “Don’t drive angry”.
Don’t post angry.[;)]
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How many gallons of water does it actually carry in the cooling system? I’d imagine it needs quite a few…
Thiss ess allmust imposibble too reed.[:(!][;)].
It all depends how mutch it leaks, we have a ex. F9 that needs distilled water every couple of weeks, but usally our other loco’s dont’t need water iver the whole 5 month operating season, the only time we really water them is in the spring because they were drained for the whinter.
Distilled water ?? we only use that in batteries, engine water is regular tap water with rust inhibitor(pink), on average a engine takes 230 gallons to fill.
Hi Crew,
From my understanding most diesel locomotives from WWII thru the 90s use water, however, do not the units equipped with the EMD “H” engine (SD80 and SD90) use automotive coolant, similar to what’s in automobiles?
It’s been a few years, but I thought I read that in a TRAINS article a few years back.
All I have ever seen is Pink Pink Pink . A rust inhibitor ,not anti freeze. You check the level daily…have never known anyone to make a special stop to top off but have heard of trailing units being drained enroute that shut down because of freezing…so they dont get watered like they did when steam was in.
They were built with that in mind. The RRs would love to be able to forget about the possibility of freeze damage by using anti-freeze.
For this to work, the design has to limit the possibilty of a coolant leak into the crankcase - crankshafts are expensive! And, the cooling system has to be of higher capacity since water transfers more heat than a water/antifreeze mix (even with the higher operating temps.)
I’m not sure I’d advocate putting tap water in unless it’s been treated - having seen the inside of a friend’s kettle (the limescale was a good 1/2in thick) I really wouldn’t want to put that stuff in an engine as coolant.
What the heck is wrong with you people! stop making fun of the poor guy! he just’s want to know an answer to his question, NOT HOW TO SPELL AND DO GRAMMAR!!![:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!] and, acctually i didn’t know that diesels needed water, i knew that the one’s with steam generators did, and maybe the frieght diesels needed antifreeze not water, that’s a new thing.[:O][:)][;)][banghead]
May be its time for Bergie to upgrade to a system with a spell check feature. It is 2006. [2c][banghead] As always ENJOY
Language is the tool we use to communicate with each other. We use it to convey ideas, to ask questions, and to give answers. It is the only system available to us that enables both learning and teaching. By the effective use of language, others may benefit from our experiences, and we may benefit from the experiences of others.
Language is the method we use to represent ourselves to the rest of the world. How an individual chooses to represent themselves is certainly their own business; however, just as you would likely not hire a person that comes to a job interview wearing a propeller-cap beanie or a clown nose, it is also likely that you would not hire someone that cannot even fill out a job application correctly.
If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Thats why I am hooked on phonics…had to go to rehab for that too…
Actually, Casey, (Toy Trunk RR), spells it “Dieseaseal.”