Thanks, Art.
Makes sense to me. Here in New England, the American car manufacturers
usually recommend 50 - 50. So, I have always used it in my LBCs as well.
Antifreeze is cheap. The boiling point of H2O is 212F/100C (at one
atmosphere of pressure.) I believe the boiling point of ethylene glycol
is higher. That's another reason it's used in the summer.
Regards,
Sumner
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> From: ArthurK101@aol.com
> To: sweisman@gis.net; amley001@gold.tc.umn.edu
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Antifreeze (was Re: TR-3 crank)
> Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 2:38 PM
>
> In a message dated 98-06-19 08:47:25 EDT, sweisman@gis.net writes:
>
> > I've always assumed (perhaps wrongly
> > [again?]) that a 50 - 50 mixture of ethylene glycol and water was
right.
> >
>
> FWIW, water is a better coolant than anti-freeze. However it does bad
things
> to your cooling system - rust, corrosion and - if it freezes solid -boom.
A
> mixture of 50/50 is touted by the chemical manufacturers because it 1)
ensures
> that the inhibitors etc. in the anti-freeze are there to prevent those
> problems and 2) it sells more of their product.
>
> But 70/30 (water/antifreeze) works ok for me in the Florida summer.
Seems to
> give enough protection. (I also use water-wetter.) As for winter - if
we had
> one in Fl, I would go to 50/50, which is what I used to do in the
Northeast US
> and in Germany/Italy years ago. Cheers.
>
> Art Kelly
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