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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Stephen K. Flammersfeld, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ian Daniel McKenzie, Canton, MI (US);
David Lloyd Hart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to visually check coolant corrosiveness having first and second opposing ends in spaced apart relation to each other, and a sidewall extending substantially unbroken therebetween to define a hollow body; a non corrodible coolant barrier at said first end occluding said first end and forming a water tight seal over said first end; said non corrodible barrier having a transparency in at least a portion of said barrier; a corrodible coolant barrier at said second end occluding said second end and forming a water tight seal over said second end; whereby changes in coolant pH render the coolant corrosive, which corrodes the coolant corrodible barrier, thereby allowing coolant into said hollow body to be seen through said transparency in said first end.