- 1. Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:22:27 -0400
- Since I'm getting close to pulling the radiator for some work, I was wondering about coolants. I was planning on refilling the system with the same old Prestone, and distilled water. A friend mention
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00275.html (7,663 bytes)
- 2. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: ritchie@mcn.org (Armand & Lorie Ritchie)
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 10:22:06 +0100
- Stu, I heard about this Propylene Glycol anti-freeze coolant on the net there is a web page with info (http://www.neosyntheticoil.com/coolant.htm) It's supposed to last longer and be non-toxic. Let
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00276.html (7,942 bytes)
- 3. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:18:43 -0400
- We use fresh squeezed Indian River pink grapefruit juice here in Florida, Orange juice is just way too common here.:-) Sorry bout that, couldn't resist. I have seen antifreeze both in green and orang
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00282.html (8,909 bytes)
- 4. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: BMcgu22954@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:51:40 EDT
- The orange stuff can be purchased as Texaco-Havoline Dexcool. It is a silicate and phosphate-free ethelene glycol antifreeze/coolant. Supposed to protect against aluminum corrosion. I use it in my '9
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00284.html (7,660 bytes)
- 5. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Carmods@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:04:54 EDT
- Hi Stu; Prestone sells a new long life (5 year I believe) orange coolant that comes in a silver container. It costs about 50% more but probably worth it. Why aren't you comming to the united? I got m
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00287.html (7,670 bytes)
- 6. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug & Rett Leithauser" <dleit@mintcity.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:09:37 -0400
- My Tiger is running the orange GM Dex-cool coolant, and it looks pretty and runs the same tenp as it did with the green stuff. It is supposed to last longer between flushes and be easier on water pum
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00302.html (7,801 bytes)
- 7. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: befarkas@ncsu.edu (Brian E. Farkas)
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:11:05 -0500
- All this talk about various types of coolant and their potential I would imagine that someone in the group might be able to shed some light on the role of the coolant (in theoritical terms - we all k
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00303.html (7,964 bytes)
- 8. RE: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:24:14 -0700
- OK, I will probably get shot down here......if not that I will at least show my age. It's a marketing think, really. To my limited knowledge, ethylene glycol was originally developed as an "antifree
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00306.html (9,561 bytes)
- 9. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Mallory <rdmallory@earthling.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:17:56 -0400
- Correct But........ I race a my Tiger and plain water will boil over at 145 degrees with just water wetter and with 55% "antifreeze" you are good to about 165. This is with a 12# cap. Water Wetter ta
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00308.html (10,342 bytes)
- 10. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:27:32 -0700
- Allan, No Flames ^^^^^^, just let's shoot down another "Urban Lgend" (or is theis a "Rural Legend"?). The cooling capacity of plain water (heat transfer rates, etc)., exceed any mixture with anti-fre
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00314.html (10,979 bytes)
- 11. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:30:17 -0700
- Get your temperature gauge/sender/voltage regulator fixed. Water boils at 212F, 100C, not 145 anything, and even higher with a pressure cap. Steve Steve Laifman < One first kiss, > B9472289 < one fir
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00315.html (8,354 bytes)
- 12. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: "John Crawley" <johnc@nait.ab.ca>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:28:05 -0600
- Just a note of interest: I once had a friend that insisted that his new engine have distilled water mixed with coolant so the engine builder had some distilled water delivered for the purpose. After
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00319.html (8,070 bytes)
- 13. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 16:30:57 -0700
- John, et al, I had a heck of a time at the super market even finding distilled water. They kept wanting to sell me de-ionized water. Mineral water story is really sad. Needless to say, I am a fan of
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00322.html (8,097 bytes)
- 14. RE: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:49:20 -0700
- GREAT reply and example. And so it goes. As one of our greatest (and most recent,) philosophers, Goerges Santayana once said: "Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it." Regard
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00333.html (8,438 bytes)
- 15. RE: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:59:28 -0700
- Here, Here Steve!! 50-50 Distilled water and antifreeze is highly reliable! John, et al, I had a heck of a time at the super market even finding distilled water. They kept wanting to sell me de-ioniz
- /html/tigers/1998-09/msg00334.html (8,441 bytes)
- 16. Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Binkley <dbinkley@argotech.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:20:05 -0700
- I picked up a copy of Drive!, a free news/mag on hotrods and classic cars at a local dealership last week. There is an article in it on keeping hotrods cool. The article was not an "ad" and was writt
- /html/tigers/1998-08/msg00670.html (7,391 bytes)
- 17. Re: Coolants (score: 1)
- Author: ritchie@mcn.org (Armand & Lorie Ritchie)
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:31:34 +0100
- Dave, I went to a interesting web site.(www.performancemarket.com) and they have an alpabetical listing of performance suppliers. Neat web site, anyway they listed Evans below and this is the co. th
- /html/tigers/1998-08/msg00673.html (7,603 bytes)
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