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From: Clocky on 19 May 2010 08:43 Noddy wrote: > "XR8 Sprintless" <xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4bf3c6a9$0$27824$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> Okay got the car back today with the claim that there is nothing >> wrong with it other than possibly dirty injectors causing it not to >> start in the morning. They claim the TK test performed by the >> radiator specialist is inaccurate. Anyone care to comment. > > What's a "TK" test? TK headcheck. Are you serious?
From: Clocky on 19 May 2010 08:44 XR8 Sprintless wrote: > On 19/05/2010 9:51 PM, Noddy wrote: >> "XR8 Sprintless"<xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4bf3c6a9$0$27824$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> Okay got the car back today with the claim that there is nothing >>> wrong with it other than possibly dirty injectors causing it not to >>> start in the morning. They claim the TK test performed by the >>> radiator specialist is inaccurate. Anyone care to comment. >> >> What's a "TK" test? >> > It's a test where they check the gases from the radiator overflow tank > for traces of exhaust gases. Basically they have a fluid that changes > colour if exhaust gases are present in the radiator overflow tank. A > sample of the air is drawn up into a huge syringe type thing with a > bulb at the end of it and it mixes with the fluid. It shouldn't be used at the overflow tank but at the cooling system filler. They can be pretty accurate in the right hands, but I'm not sure the person who did yours qualifies.
From: XR8 Sprintless on 19 May 2010 08:47 On 19/05/2010 10:44 PM, Clocky wrote: > XR8 Sprintless wrote: >> On 19/05/2010 9:51 PM, Noddy wrote: >>> "XR8 Sprintless"<xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4bf3c6a9$0$27824$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> Okay got the car back today with the claim that there is nothing >>>> wrong with it other than possibly dirty injectors causing it not to >>>> start in the morning. They claim the TK test performed by the >>>> radiator specialist is inaccurate. Anyone care to comment. >>> >>> What's a "TK" test? >>> >> It's a test where they check the gases from the radiator overflow tank >> for traces of exhaust gases. Basically they have a fluid that changes >> colour if exhaust gases are present in the radiator overflow tank. A >> sample of the air is drawn up into a huge syringe type thing with a >> bulb at the end of it and it mixes with the fluid. > > It shouldn't be used at the overflow tank but at the cooling system filler. > > They can be pretty accurate in the right hands, but I'm not sure the person > who did yours qualifies. > My description may not be accurate as I said I am not a mechanic, however is the cooling system filler where the radiator cap is on the plastic bottle or is it elsewhere?
From: XR8 Sprintless on 19 May 2010 08:51 On 19/05/2010 10:47 PM, XR8 Sprintless wrote: > On 19/05/2010 10:44 PM, Clocky wrote: >> XR8 Sprintless wrote: >>> On 19/05/2010 9:51 PM, Noddy wrote: >>>> "XR8 Sprintless"<xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4bf3c6a9$0$27824$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>>> Okay got the car back today with the claim that there is nothing >>>>> wrong with it other than possibly dirty injectors causing it not to >>>>> start in the morning. They claim the TK test performed by the >>>>> radiator specialist is inaccurate. Anyone care to comment. >>>> >>>> What's a "TK" test? >>>> >>> It's a test where they check the gases from the radiator overflow tank >>> for traces of exhaust gases. Basically they have a fluid that changes >>> colour if exhaust gases are present in the radiator overflow tank. A >>> sample of the air is drawn up into a huge syringe type thing with a >>> bulb at the end of it and it mixes with the fluid. >> >> It shouldn't be used at the overflow tank but at the cooling system >> filler. >> >> They can be pretty accurate in the right hands, but I'm not sure the >> person >> who did yours qualifies. >> > My description may not be accurate as I said I am not a mechanic, > however is the cooling system filler where the radiator cap is on the > plastic bottle or is it elsewhere? > They state on the report that they use a machine from West Germany that can detect minute traces of exhaust gases. I didn't see it being done, however looked on the net for a picture of a tk test kit.
From: Milton on 19 May 2010 08:58
"Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4bf3d22e$0$89671$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > "XR8 Sprintless" <xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4bf3c6a9$0$27824$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> Okay got the car back today with the claim that there is nothing wrong >> with it other than possibly dirty injectors causing it not to start in >> the morning. They claim the TK test performed by the radiator specialist >> is inaccurate. Anyone care to comment. > > What's a "TK" test? > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. HUH? You're joking aren't you? LOL. Here is a prime example of why you need to go to a radiator specialist and not any basic mechanic. Regards Milton |