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Originally Posted by aerohead
The thing that spooks me about any sort of 'centerline' hood-top extractor vent is what happens if the radiator explodes,which I have witnessed three times now.
If the glycol hits the windscreen the wipers only smear it around.Depending on your velocity at the time,you can have a very brief event horizon before you plow into something.
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That should not be a problem with this truck or the next one. I cannot envision any scenario where the radiator in either truck would "explode".
We use only
waterless engine coolant, and
the cooling system is not pressurized. So without pressure, it would absolutely not explode. Just leak.
So if the radiator would for some reason spring a leak, and the coolant would somehow vent through that hood vent, I suppose I would just try the wipers. I imagine without the water in the coolant, it would not smear as much, or even at all. Because what is causing the smearing is the wipers trying to mix the glycol with water. And as we all know, you can't mix oil (or glycol) with water.