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Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 7 May 2010 09:06:06 -0500
...stainless steel coolant pipes > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? Both > >> >>>>> Zerex > >> >>>>> and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate...
Re: VW antifreeze ?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:06:05 -0800
...or Orange Extended life anti-freeze labels state the formula is ethylene glycol based which doesn't contain phosphates, silicates, bromides or amines. <DIV...
Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 6 May 2010 16:17:14 -0500
...stainless steel coolant pipes > > > > Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? Both Zerex > > and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate...
Re: Coolant Again
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:40:28 -0400
...Interesting . . . > > > > That is the first negative comment about the Prestone Orange Phosphate Free > > that I have heard. Do you have any information, because I...
Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Thu, 6 May 2010 17:16:11 -0600
...stainless steel coolant pipes >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? >>>>>>> Both >>>>>>> Zerex >>>>>>> and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate...
Re: Antifreeze
Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:40:17 -0600
...I started using it about 8 years ago, when it specifically said phosphate free and did not say dexcool compatible. A few years later...
Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 6 May 2010 14:04:30 -0500
Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? Both Zerex and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate-free, as is the...
Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Fri, 7 May 2010 08:20:46 -0400
...stainless steel coolant pipes >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>> Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? �Both >> >>>>> Zerex >> >>>>> and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate...
Re: Where do you get your coolant?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 22 May 2014 14:30:45 -0500
...Premixed LongLife=C2=AE Antifreeze/ > > Cool= > > >>> ant formula=E2=80=99s are phosphate, silicate, and borate free. These > > coola= > > >>> nts use a special chemistry...
Re: Where do you get your coolant?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 22 May 2014 10:49:05 -0700
...Premixed LongLife=C2=AE Antifreeze/ > Cool= > >>> ant formula=E2=80=99s are phosphate, silicate, and borate free. These > coola= > >>> nts use a special chemistry...
Re: Antifreeze Propblem Solved
Historical mailing list
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 02:22:15 -0500 (EST)
...anything except the 7/70,000 formula". So anyway, we are >obviously talking about different Phosphate-Free products from >Prestone.As well the parts...
Re: replacing hose with minimal coolant loss
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:58:52 -0600
...Good one! That was a typo, I meant G-05, phosphate-free HOAT formula. > > I ran Dexcool for 10 years (one flush and fill...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:59:09 -0600
...When you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these were put in for corrosion control, as well as to sequester minerals...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:23:50 -0600
...and saw the corrosion, pitting, and deposits built up, I started using distilled water and long life phosphate free Prestone or Havoline. Larry A.
Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Sun, 2 Apr 2017 20:40:45 -0400
...http://peakauto.com/products/antifreeze-coolants/automotive/global-lifetime-full-strength/ Features a patented non 2-EH formula that is phosphate-free and silicate...
Re: replacing hose with minimal coolant loss
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 9 Dec 2014 15:04:40 -0800
...Good one! That was a typo, I meant G-05, phosphate-free HOAT formula. I ran Dexcool for 10 years (one flush and fill...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:14:18 -0800
...When > you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these were put > in for corrosion control, as well as to sequester minerals...
I am back
Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
Fri, 17 May 1996 09:27:39 -0400 (EDT)
...I am also experimenting with the new formula Havoline phosphate free coolant that the manufacturer claims has been designed for aluminium engines. I had...
Re: draining coolant
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:12:17 -0700
...I don't know if this is really true or not ........one guy claimed that phosphate-free VW Blue coolant ate out a wbxr...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:51:37 -0500
...Just make sure that it is specified to be phosphate free. The Zerex coolant states on the label that it is phosphate free. Peak...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:17:39 -0800
...distilled water and long life phosphate free Prestone or Havoline. Larry A.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn...
Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:27:36 +0000
...It says on the back of my coolant tank something about > phosphate free coolant. There is a reason for this. > The green coolant in...
Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:42:55 -0500
...This is supposedly why VW specified > phosphate-free coolant. > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '86 Volvo 240DL wagon > '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
Re: replacing hose with minimal coolant loss
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Tue, 9 Dec 2014 20:38:53 -0500
...Good one! That was a typo, I meant G-05, phosphate-free HOAT formula. > > > > I ran Dexcool for 10 years (one flush and fill...
Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 6 May 2010 15:59:22 -0700
...stainless steel coolant pipes >> >> >> > Why not just use a phosphate-free antifreeze as recommended? Both >> > Zerex >> > and Prestone long-life antifreezes are now phosphate...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:21:39 -0700
...distilled water and long life phosphate free Prestone or Havoline. Larry A.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:53:05 -0600
...When you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these were put in for corrosion control, as well as to sequester minerals...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:18:55 -0600
...When you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these were put in for corrosion control, as well as to sequester minerals...
Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:47:15 -0800
...It says on the back of my coolant tank something about >> phosphate free coolant. There is a reason for this. >> The green coolant in...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:45:33 -0500
...But, then they started to find that phosphates destabilize >> under high temps and actually precipitate out of solution >> themselves...thus adding to the problem...
Here's my article (written for Australian Jaguar owners, where anti-freeze
Historical mailing list
10 Oct 1994 05:33:07 GMT
...Tannin phosphates promote pit capping and ion sequestering. Free metal ions are a product of corrosion processes, they cause a problem because these ions...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:15:01 -0500
...But, then they started to find that phosphates destabilize >>> under high temps and actually precipitate out of solution >>> themselves...thus adding to the problem...
Re: Distilled Water
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:12:12 -0500
...of Detroit Spot free 84 Westy, totally restored, washed with bubbly water by hand. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:01:26 -0800
...It says on the back of my coolant tank something about >>> phosphate free coolant. There is a reason for this. >>> The green coolant in...
FWIW: coolant article (v.long)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:55:48 -0800
...Most conventional antifreezes formulated for the North American market, whether green or yellow in color, contain inorganic salts of borate, phosphate and silicate to...
Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:49:27 -0800
...well....it's known that the silcates in VW's blue phosphate-free a-frz ( now replacded by something else ) ..that the silcates could...
Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:45:51 -0700
...freezing to 34 below zero F...way more > anti-freezing protection than we need.......so there's lots of slack > in > that mixture formula...
Re: 85 Vanagon q's
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:26:52 -0500
...I have used for years Texaco Havoline Biodegradable Phosphate Free Orange Antifreeze. This was formulated specifically for vehicles of all kinds with aluminum engines...
Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:13:40 -0600
...freezing to 34 below zero F...way more >> anti-freezing protection than we need.......so there's lots of slack >> in >> that mixture formula...
Re: More questions pertaining to my 88 model Bluestar project
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:30:55 -0800
...freezing to 34 below zero F...way more >>> anti-freezing protection than we need.......so there's lots of slack >>> in >>> that mixture formula...