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Old 03-28-2011, 10:12 PM
Skippy Skippy is offline
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When I worked in automotive testing we had flow meters that basically consisted of a pipe with a little turbine inside that was attached to a rev counter of sorts. You'd have to hack up a radiator hose to install it, and they aren't cheap, so probably not what you're looking for.

Edit: On second thought, you could get a pretty good estimate of coolant flow by measuring the temperature of the fluid going into and coming out of the radiator. If you come up with a situation where the energy input to the system (quantity of fuel burned) is known and fairly constant for at least a few minutes, you could calculate the corresponding mass flow through the radiator. If you can figure out your fuel rate at highway speed, you could take measurements that way.
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Last edited by Skippy; 03-28-2011 at 10:15 PM. Reason: Had a second thought
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