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Re: Coolant??
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 27 Jun 95 12:05:36 CDT
...another possibility is this Sierra stuff, which is propylene glycol, NOT the normal ethylene glycol ... the Sierra coolant is phosphate-free (i think) and...
Was Re: Orange Coolant
Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
Wed, 26 May 1999 16:38:48 EDT
...They said it would mix with ANY ethylene glycol based fluid. Now, I know I'm opening myself up for flaming here - but that...
Re: About coolant
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:49:21 -0800
...Slower quench = >> slower heat transfer. >> >> Numbers here: >> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ethylene-glycol-d_146.html >> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/overall-heat-transfer-coefficients...
Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 7 May 2010 08:48:02 -0500
...Ethylene glycol is degraded fairly rapidly, so that most jurisdictions and EPA allow its disposal in the sanitary sewage system, but not of course...
Re: Windshield de-icer in a can?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:09:35 -0800
...Usually an alcohol, and sometimes with propylene or ethylene glycol. Not sure what the effect of a glycol would be if it crept into...
Re: Your Van might just need a flush....was Van runs hot in traffic jams
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:13:29 -0800
...John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > Theoretically and actually, both polypropylene glycol and ethylene glycol are biodegradable. Some carbon bonds there to use for energy...
Re: Some potentially stupid questions
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:50:58 -0500
...Fact is, the environmental microbiology course I took, we sampled radiators at junkyards, and cultured the samples in the lab with ethylene glycol as...
Antifreeze Experiment
Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:41:58 EST
...Both solutions are ethylene glycol based, so there must be differences in the other additives. I just thought someone else might find this interesting...
Re: Sierra Coolant
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:47:47 -0500
...Differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion between propylene glycol and ethylene glycol probably would not be noticeable. Larry A. Jfp w/3 WBXs...
propylene glycol phosphate free coolant
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:47:48 -0600
...is ethylene glycol- 0� F 3 x E.G. -20� F 6 x E.G. -40� F 9 x E.G. Of course, your...
AW: morons
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:31:56 -0700
...I'm just going by the WBX coolant tank warning label, to only use ethylene glycol based coolants. As long as it says ethylene...
Re: Coolant Temps
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:52:32 -0500
...glycol .... > > what i've heard (and read on the backs of the containers) is that p. > > glycol is NOT as efficient as the ethylene...
Re: FW: Coolant
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:35:25 -0800
...says WARNING ! 'contains ethylene glycol' .. says do not drink, do not breath mist or vapors. Avoid prolonged skin contact. Avoidskin and eye contact. In...
Re: was To buy or not to buy: �87 Westy NOW: Green Coolant?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:34:28 -0400
...biannual basis--- And in a poll, the finding were that where ethylene glycol wasoriginlly used, the phosphate free stuff caused problems in the cooling...
Re: coolant is a poison
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:12:31 -0800
...Ethylene/propolyene glycol is very easily bioremediated... hey, i got it, call your local water treatment plant and see what they say. Mine told...
Re: Antifreeze Again
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Sat, 22 May 2004 12:47:00 -0400
...They had 3 > Prestone antifreezes to choose from: > > The regular green stuff. > > A low tox [not ethylene glycol based] antifreeze. > > Orange extended life antifreeze...
Re: green coolant
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 14:19:03 -0500
...Plus all of the good stuff in the ethylene glycol is now broken down into the useless constituent parts of green coolant: Lime Jello...
coolant system flush ideas?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:15:38 -0800
...I want to use a propylene glycol based antifreeze instead of the ethylene glycol based stuff (or did I just reverse that - I have...
Re: Coolant recommendations
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:40:29 -0400
Note that Sierra is propylene, not ethylene glycol based. Do not mix. Also, temperature transfer characteristics are not as good. Whatever coolant you use...
Re: Coolant
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 9 Dec 2012 14:42:28 -0600
Zerex has a phosphate free ethylene glycol coolant, fluorescent yellow in color, as I recall. I got mine at NAPA last time. Of course...
Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:00:22 -0700
...Is it ethylene glycol??? Is it non-phosphate?? If yes to both, it meets spec. If not, it doesn't. All the VW blue...
Re: Thermostat install Question
Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:27:29 -0800
Does the coolant actually raise the boiling point though? I wouldn't think that it would, if anything it seems like ethylene glycol would...
VW radiator caps
Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
Thu, 9 Jan 97 09:22:08 -0600
...me thinks various concoctions of "Radiator Powders" gum up the workings of the cap :( lastly, you all know that ethylene glycol is extremely toxic...
Re: Coolant Question
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:50:45 PDT
...Both are best for >Vanagons anyway, ethylene glycol based, no phosphates, and utilize a >totally new anticorrosion chemistry that doesn't break down to...
Re: VW antifreeze ?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:06:05 -0800
...formula is ethylene glycol based which doesn't contain phosphates, silicates, bromides or amines. <DIV></DIV>> The green propylene glycol based antifreeze Sierra...
Re: Windshield de-icer in a can?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:28:46 -0500
...an alcohol, and sometimes with propylene or ethylene glycol. > Not > sure what the effect of a glycol would be if it crept into and...
Cleaning Oily Gunge out of Cooling System
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Sun, 2 May 2010 21:35:09 -0700
...Clean 1 gill (US) Fluorescene 1 tablet Ethylene glycol 1 quart Broccoli juice 3 quarts Hope this cures all your ills and aches! (P...
Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:46:55 -0600
...Additionally, SIERRA Antifreeze meets all the corrosion performance requirements of ASTM D 3306 and ASTM D 4985 (the primary specifications for premium ethylene glycol...
Re: Double T Trouble
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sun, 14 Oct 2001 00:39:26 -0500
...The fact that ethylene glycol, as a base, with a mixture of corrosion inhibitor's, will prevent electrolysis from occurring, in a cooling system...
Re: coolant options
Historical mailing list - rpc
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:46:32 -0800
...any ethylene glycol based coolant sold at shucks or walmart is "safe" for the wbx. that said, the oem vw blue, as well as...
Re: ???-Antifreeze: Is Orange OK-???
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:46:34 -0800
...It is still ethylene glycol based, but has an entirely different additive package (and chemistry) that prevents acid formation for at least five years...
Re: Sierra Propylene Glycol Coolant?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 11 Sep 95 12:20:27 CDT
...Autobahn ZVW-237-104 antifreeze & summer coolant Phosphate free formula for use in Volkswagen & Audi water cooled vehicles Ethylene Glycol based, Phosphate free recommended...
Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:33:03 -0800
...yup, ethylene glycol. I traced it back to a little do-hickey underneath the rear passenger seat. I can tell that there's some...
Re: another coolant question
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:13:58 -0500
...Sierra coolant, propylene glycol rather than ethylene glycol, is also phosphate free. The last named is what GoWesty sells and installs in waterboxer engines...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:33:35 -0700
the Evans stuff is ethylene glycol based (plus propylene glycol and prob some other additives). I can see its pros and cons and and...
Re: orange coolant...who uses it?
Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
Sun, 23 May 1999 18:21:39 -0700
...Texaco > >DexCool, stuff? Ethylene glycol based, no phosphates or silicates. > >Sounds good, esp. @$6.99/gal vs $15 for Autobahn. Is there a catch...
Re: Antifreeze Again
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 22 May 2004 11:12:40 -0700
...They had 3 > Prestone antifreezes to choose from: > > The regular green stuff. > > A low tox [not ethylene glycol based] antifreeze. > > Orange extended life antifreeze...
Re: About coolant
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:16:40 -0800
...Slower quench = > slower heat transfer. > > Numbers here: > http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ethylene-glycol-d_146.html > > http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/overall-heat-transfer-coefficients...
Re: Coolant sludge?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:27:22 -0500
Mixing Sierra (Propylene Glycol) with any other coolant (Ethylene Glycol) is a recipe for a mess. The gritty stuff in the coolant system can...
Re: was To buy or not to buy: 87 Westy NOW: Green Coolant?
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Fri, 31 May 2002 23:18:24 -0500
...annual basis--- And in a poll, the finding were that where ethylene glycol was originlly used, the phosphate free stuff caused problems in the...
Re: 50/50 water/coolant ratio
Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 02:17:15 EDT
...phosphate free coolant that we mix with water is not 100% ethylene glycol. Interesting that for an electric system you're using distilled water...
Re: Temperature guage
Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:15:02 -0400
...Or it can be added to new or used antifreeze to improve the heat transfer of ethylene and propylene glycol systems. Designed for modern...
Re: Coolant draining strategy? MY WAY ...
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 23 Oct 2004 10:00:55 -0700
jimt wrote: >Home useage amounts of ethylene glycol are to be disposed of through the >sewage system. They are not permitted to be flushed...
Re: What is the Cubic Capacity of the RM182B Fridge?
Historical mailing list - populuxe
Fri, 9 May 2003 18:47:07 -0500
...Imagine trying to syphon just the oil off the top-- the sweet taste of ethylene glycol spoiled by the wretched oil. chris c wisconsin...
Re: Antifreeze Experiment
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:26:48 -0500
...the orange stuff showing a higher freezing point. > Both solutions are ethylene glycol based, so there must be differences in the > other additives. > I...
Re: orange coolant...who uses it?
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Sat, 22 May 1999 12:02:02 -0700
...Texaco DexCool, stuff? Ethylene glycol based, no phosphates or silicates. Sounds good, esp. @$6.99/gal vs $15 for Autobahn. Is there a catch...
Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:39:11 -0500
...they said any ethylene glycol antifreeze would work fine, IF you replaced it every two years. they were not very flattering of propylene glycol...
Re: Coolant
Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:42:06 -0400
...It is a Ethylene Glycol >coolant, that is Silicate and Phosphate free. Rather than the typical green >or blue color, it is a red...
Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
Historical mailing list - Leon
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:56:31 -0700
...Is it ethylene glycol??? Is it non- > phosphate?? > If yes to both, it meets spec. If not, it doesn't. All the VW blue...
Re: (green=phosphate?) was: Radiator Bleeding
Historical mailing list
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 23:49:45 -0400
...Isn't the ethylene glycol responsible for the green color (as opposed to the phosphate)? Someone please enlighten me. >> Actually the color is added...
Non-phos E-Glycol(Dex Cool)
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:12:10 -0700
...The spec then as today has been non-phosphate ethylene glycol. The belated GM DexCool (all orange) spec ist gut in any good name...
Re: Coolant and int. lighting questions
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:30:04 -0600
...both make a phosphate-free antifreeze at comparable prices to regular ethylene-glycol antifreeze. They should each be available at most any FLAPS. (VW...
Re: Cleaning Oily Gunge out of Cooling System
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 3 May 2010 08:05:11 -0500
...Clean 1 gill (US) Fluorescene 1 tablet Ethylene glycol 1 quart Broccoli juice 3 quarts Hope this cures all your ills and aches! (P...
Re: Radiator cooling fan - stuck ON!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 00:40:49 -0400
...Wizard! You're supposed to use ethylene glycol in the radiator, not fuming nitric acid! Do my eyes deceive me or was there actually...
Re: Cleaning Oily Grunge out of Cooling System
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 4 May 2010 00:30:01 -0400
...Clean 1 gill (US) Fluorescene 1 tablet Ethylene glycol 1 quart Broccoli juice 3 quarts Hope this cures all your ills and aches! (P...
Re: Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:18:10 -0800
...Try shutting off the valve and > see if it stops leaking. > > BTW, ethylene glycol is toxic...bad for your liver. Don't taste too...
Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS
Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:09:06 -0700
...miles OIL FILTER:(Mann) COOLANT: (Texaco/Halvoline Dex-Cool - phosphate-free, ethylene glycol based) When I bought it, it had green Prestone, will change...
Re: repeated water pumps failing
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:59:40 -0800
...Are they using the cheapest antifreese they can find?? Make the move to the specified non-phosphate ethylene glycol. It wouldn't suprise me...
Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:47:04 -0700
...Halvolene Dex-Cool (phosphate-free, ethylene glycol based, >Orange), Blue Stuff? (what is it? who makes it?) Phosphate free e-glychol, any brand will...
Re: Another way to drain coolant
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:40:31 -0700
...I've sure never seen that occur ! Did someone say dump it down the drain ? I thought *everyone* knew conventional ethylene glycol anti-freeze...