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Lab #5 - Cooling Systems - Tractor Care and Maintenance | AGEN 100, Lab Reports of Engineering

Material Type: Lab; Professor: Cross; Class: Tractor Care & Maintenance; Subject: Ag Engineering; University: Morrisville State College; Term: Fall 2007;

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Name: __________________________
AGEN 100
Lab #5 – Cooling Systems
1. Describe what the tests that were performed in lab were and what was each test
measuring and what was its purpose?
a. Pressure test
b. Hydrometer
c. Coolant strip test
2. What were the results from the tests performed in lab?
a. Pressure test
b. Hydrometer
c. Coolant strip test
3. What is the purpose of the cooling system?
4. What are the two purposes of the radiator cap?
5. What effect does the cap have on the boiling point of the coolant? How does it do
this?
6. What is the function of the thermostat?
7. What physical property (i.e. what test would be done) of an antifreeze and water
solution allows us to easily determine its freezing point?
8. What is the purpose of the cooling fan?
9. List several causes for system overheating?
10. List several reasons that too low of an operating temperature is undesirable.
11. List the two devices used in an air cooled system
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AGEN 100

Lab #5 – Cooling Systems

  1. Describe what the tests that were performed in lab were and what was each test measuring and what was its purpose? a. Pressure test b. Hydrometer c. Coolant strip test
  2. What were the results from the tests performed in lab? a. Pressure test b. Hydrometer c. Coolant strip test
  3. What is the purpose of the cooling system?
  4. What are the two purposes of the radiator cap?
  5. What effect does the cap have on the boiling point of the coolant? How does it do this?
  6. What is the function of the thermostat?
  7. What physical property (i.e. what test would be done) of an antifreeze and water solution allows us to easily determine its freezing point?
  8. What is the purpose of the cooling fan?
  9. List several causes for system overheating?
  10. List several reasons that too low of an operating temperature is undesirable.
  11. List the two devices used in an air cooled system 1
  1. What advantage does an air cooled system have over a liquid cooled system?
  2. List the maintenance procedures for an air cooled system
  3. What is an engine water jacket?
  4. How does water circulate through the water jacket?
  5. What is the function of the radiator?
  6. Fully describe what cavitation is and what causes it?
  7. What does the pump do?
  8. Where is the thermostat usually installed?
  9. How can a thermostat be tested?
  10. Can a thermostat prevent overheating?
  11. What effect will an excessively loose belt have? Why?
  12. What effect will an excessively tight belt have? Why?
  13. What is an SCA? List several functions of an SCA.
  14. How and why would you flush a cooling system?
  15. Why must a radiator cap have a vacuum valve? 2