[SEL] Antifreeze

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Yes, I left out the word cooling ahead of effeciency. Absolutely.
Good to clarify.........

How a bout a wetting agent?
Some racers use that as a lot of strips won't allow antifreeze on their
tracks.............pure water with some sort of wetting agent or
something...

Bill

> On 13/12/06, bill at antique-engines.com <bill at antique-engines.com> wrote:
>> Shoot, that's as common as an adjustable wrench around here!
>> I grew up using them - tested all the family cars each fall when I was a
>> kid.
>> You can get them even in the grocery stores around here in the same
>> section you buy the oil and funnels.
>>
>> The most common antifreezes were use where I live should be a 50-50 mix,
>> you lose effeciency if stronger, and it won't protect cold enough if
>> weaker.
>>
>>
>> Bill
>
> Bill, hope you won't mind me mentioning/correcting that it is the
> COOLING efficiency that you lose if the antifreeze solution is too
> strong.
>
> I am currently helping to sort out a big Nordberg diesel in Bryan,
> Ohio that seems to have cooling problems, that has a 40% solution of
> antifreeze.
>
> Peter
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