Radiator Fluid level

[neojynx 722]

Being doing my oil change this weekend and thought Id check the radiator fluid level..  The radiator expansion bottle level viewing is rubbish.  The bottle isnt completely opaque but its opaque enough to not be able to see the fluid level in there.  

 

Ended up dipping it with a cable tie.

 

Might try UV light to see if that works any better.  Am I missing a trick here?

[Dunnster 1,650]

I use a torch and shine the light from behind the expansion bottle. Easier with the lower cowl off, but can be done with it in place. 

[PoppetM 16,863]

Now feeling the need to hunt for said bottle....

[Tex 36,817]

38 minutes ago, PoppetM said:

Now feeling the need to hunt for said bottle....

 

Just for the anticlimax of not being able to see through it?  

 

When are you home, Sam? The forecast here for the next week is pretty dire..

[Rocker66 34,473]

16 minutes ago, Tex said:

 

Just for the anticlimax of not being able to see through it?  

 

When are you home, Sam? The forecast here for the next week is pretty dire..

I may well be wrong but I thought Sam said she is home.

[Tex 36,817]

28 minutes ago, Rocker66 said:

I may well be wrong but I thought Sam said she is home.

 

I must have missed it. Welcome home!  

[PoppetM 16,863]

Indeed...got back to Blighty yesterday...brrrrr

[michael 324]

On ‎2‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 09:07, PoppetM said:

Now feeling the need to hunt for said bottle....

 

Alas, one must first search and up end a wine bottle. Makes the drama of searching for a bottle whilst crawling on the garage floor with a flashlight...er torch, much more meaningful.