Ballast Level of calcium chloride

[5030]

Ok , I jacked the tractor and got the fluid level down to the stem, then adjusted the pressure to 15 psi. I wish there was a way to tell if there is a tube in there. I removed close to 25 litres of fluid, the fluid was kind of transparent and whiteish at first but the last few litres were rust color, so it makes me think that corrosion is happening. I am afraid there is no tube in there. I will check for another anti freeze product
Thanks

If you have rust in the solution, just changing fluid won't do anything, will keep right on corroding until there is holes in the rim. You need to drain all the CaCl out, pull the tire and wash the rim carefully, let dry and seal with a good quality oil based paint and then install a new tube and put the tire back on and fill with something that isn't corrosive.

They usually go around the valve stem hole first but sometimes elsewhere too.

 

[sandyc]

One to try is to take the tire off the tractor and lay it flat on the ground to minimize the fluid spill. If you have cacl2 you might want to consider beet juice. If you leak that stuff it is just a sugar solution... shouldn't be a big environmental problem.