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• Re(2): ARCHIVES: distilled water + coolant
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:06:36 -0500
  Does'nt Prestone antifreeze contain phosphates, which I have been warned against as a cause of corrosion? Maybe that miracle water neutralized the phosphates...
• Re: MOUSE PROBLEMS-world greats mouse trap.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:48:45 -0500
  What color do they get dyed? AND... What color are YOU going to be dyed when that antifreeze sinks down into your drinking water???
• bleeding system
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:06:39 -0400
  I've just replaced both sensors by the thermostat housing and about 3-4 cups of antifreeze came out. do i need to bleed...
• Re: ???-Antifreeze: Is Orange OK-???
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:48:36 EST
  A short while ago, there was some discussion about the use of the orange-colored antifreeze. There were a few cautions regarding its use...
• Re: Coolant Flush question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:48:14 +0000
  ...I had to provide jumper cables to a fellow in my office complex with a new Audi TT yesterday and noticed that the antifreeze...
• Re: Orange antifreeze?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:09:09 -0700
  re: Is this the correct type? It's one of them. Orange means meets GM Dex-Cool specifications. Read about at http://www.texaco...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat<-- Kill this thread!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:55:17 -0600
  >> >> Oh, by the by, if a small animal were to be >> attracted by the sweet odor of >> the spilt antifreeze and lap it up...
• some stuff about coolant
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:31:26 -0500
  ...Patrick Bedard Top it up with green? Or orange? Which antifreeze? It's 2002. Do you know where your corrosion inhibitors are? Some folks...
• Re: recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:15:02 -0800
  ...Evidently JBWeld > turns into a soft, spongy mass after being exposed to hot antifreeze. > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Propylene Glycol as Food Additive??? Was: Winterize Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:23:07 -0500
  ...Collins wrote: > DON'T use automotive antifreeze for this!! RV drinking water system antifreeze is propolene glycol, a common food additive, not the toxic...
• Re: Ethylene glycol can self-ignite at 782 degrees?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:27:16 -0700
  RE: Burning Antifreeze I think you are already going to have flames from something else to get your engine compartment to 782 degrees F.
• dex-cool
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Hay
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:39:07 -0800
  Can or should Dex-Cool, used by GM, made by Prestone, be used as a substitute for the VW type antifreeze?? - Ronald Hay --- hayr...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 25 May 2004 07:53:09 -0700
  .............The leak is coming from one of the three sealed ports (Row of three circular depressions on drivers side of crankcase)....... Sounds like a...
• Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part II
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:05:05 -0600
  ...Patrick Bedard Top it up with green? Or orange? Which antifreeze? It's 2002. Do you know where your corrosion inhibitors are? Some folks...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 25 May 2004 07:05:58 -0400
  ...While driving my 82 diesel vanagon, antifreeze started pouring out of the crankcase. The leak is coming from one of the three sealed ports...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:37:42 -0700
  ...The > corrosion inhibitors in the antifreeze help with > this. It's a realtively > small sacrifice. If your system is in good shape, > the additives...
• Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 16:56:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...It was an antifreeze swamp under the back seat. It took me quite some time before I was convinced that the smell was coming...
• Re: best case sealant?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 27 May 2004 15:47:17 -0400
  ...the home depot in the plumbing dept its pipe dope and its worth reading the label not suitable for antifreeze Bob Donalds Boston Engine
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat<-- Kill this thread!
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:34:34 -0700
  Who cares if someone carries some spare antifreeze with them. I always have a gallon of premixed with me, but rarely need it. Why...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:45:18 -0800
  ...Water vs water+Water Wetter vs 50/50 water/antifreeze A quick Google search yields two quick finds http://www.jcna.com/library/tech...
• Re: Fire Extinguisher: New, bigger,....better?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Thu, 28 May 1998 19:04:27 -0400
  ...I used mine last to put out a antifreeze fire on a CHEVY Suburban. I wonder if there is a connection. Also, because I...
• Re: Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:37:59 -0800
  ...They're all soaked with antifreeze and I'd like to chuck the carpet, clean-up the support boards, and hose out the bottom...
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 18:41:10 -0700 (PDT)
  So SkiDooer@aol.com says: > Good point on changing the antifreeze frequently....I changed mine about > every 2.5 years using phosphate-free and...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:35:28 -0600
  ...BTW, bleach, shortly after doing its work (killing some algae,) evaporates. Antifreeze, specific gravity=1.12, will move right through a treatment plant. Sure...
• Cooling system/anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 22:00:57 -0400
  There is an interesting article in the October "Motor Trend" about cooling systems and antifreeze. It mentions some of the topics brought up in...
• Da Pink Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 23:12:30 -0600
  Anyone know of a less costly source for VW antifreeze? You know, the phosphate-free pink stuff. Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members...
• Re: Where do you get your coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 22 May 2014 09:25:31 -0500
  ...For those consumers who would feel more comfortable using a phosphate-fre= >>> e antifreeze, our Prestone=C2=AE LongLife=C2=AE Premixed Antifreeze/Coolant...
• Re: Blinking red light of death
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:13:08 -0400
  ...Also, if the antifreeze:coolant ratio is not correct the red light will indicate a problem. I don't know what the acceptable limits...
• RE: AC prices up.
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Wed, 1 May 1996 15:45:00 -0400
  ...Price of antifreeze is about to skyrocket due to an Eskimo cartel threatening to reduce production of a large portion of the world's...
• Re: vanagon antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 00:14:23 -0400
  ...vanagon antifreeze > > > Hi - Wondering if anyone has any thoughts or experience with Prestone's > phosphate free anti-freeze as a low-cost alternative to...
• Those nasty oil drips
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 May 2002 23:24:03 -0500
  ...Anyway its the Air Cooled that drip oil, its the Waser Boxers that drip antifreeze so if you bought a Waser you need to...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:32:32 EDT
  ...Anyway, why on earth would one have three bottles of antifreeze beneath his driver's seat instead of on a shelf in the garage...
• Re: rear heater hose replacement; Canadian spec 83.5 full westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:01:57 -0500
  ...I have a distinct > smell of antifreeze when the rear fan is on. Went feeling around for > the on off valve, grabbed a hose...
• Re: Prestone 5/150 in Hondas too? Limited VW Content
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 1 Jun 2000 21:20:18 -0400
  ...Prestone 5/150 in Hondas too? Limited VW Content > I almost hate to get the antifreeze thread going again, but, I was changing > the...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:09:05 -0500
  ...up my antifreeze and after about 1 quart realized > that i did not dilute it with 50/50 water to antifreeze, so is it...
• 1.9 wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:11:44 -0500
  ...There is no antifreeze leak. Make an offer via P-mail. Dana
• Re: Antifreeze smell with heat
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 20:20:05 -0600 (CST)
  Mr Johnson circumcised my name to Mead, but he has it right about my nearness to the heater smell <g>. Meade Jim - Farmer - Iowa...
• Re: Radiator replace
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:13:54 -0500
  ...Aside from lying on my back in a twenty-degree garage with residual antifreeze running down my sleeve and across my back, it went...
• Archives URL?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:55:48 -0700
  Can someone tell me the URL of the list archives? It's getting cooler, and I saw my first seasonal spot of antifreeze under...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:07:27 -0400
  Some antifreeze choices have over the last few years. The stuff is getting out of control and if you think there is confusion with...
• Re: Which Fluid Brands
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:55:31 -0500
  ...Shell has this Rotella antifreeze that is guaranteed for the big trucks for like 150,000 miles .... trouble is, that's only about six...
• HELP-antifreeze in oil
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Larsen
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 12:00:41 -0600
  ...Pulled out dipstick to find a milkshake-like combination of oil/antifreeze. Can anyone give me an idea as to what has happened and...
• Re: Winterize Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:05:51 EDT
  ...Bill 90 syncro westy>>> Bill, Where do you live? Have you ever changed a cracked, water spewing pump or faucet? Yes, RV antifreeze is...
• Re: Antifreeze Removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:01:41 -0500
  ...Before I do that I > thought I would change the antifreeze. I have done it before but I am > pretty sure I have not...
• http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/newposts/556/topic556083.shtm
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:33:06 -0700
  ...You do not need -70F to see a gallon of antifreeze turn to ice! Living 34 years, and working 20 years in the automobile...
• Re: Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:36:06 -0500
  How about this orange stuff that's made for aluminum motors. Is it any good or does it have phosphates in it. It says...
• Re: Phosphate-free Anti-freeze in Canada
  Historical mailing list - g august
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:14:23 -0500
  I just bought Prestone Longlife antifreeze from Canadian Tire in Winnipeg last week. It clearly states on the front label Silicate and Phosphate free...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:50:24 -0500
  ...The corrosion inhibitors in the antifreeze help with this. It's a realtively small sacrifice. If your system is in good shape, the additives...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:59:04 +0000
  I also use RV antifreeze. I run it through the faucet and fill up the drain pipe from the sink with it (just make...
• 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: Very Long...What am I, nuts? New 85 and Philosophy of Car ownership...very long
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:50:01 -0400
  ...This is probably pushrod tubes.Get an antifreeze tester and see what the concentration of antifreeze is.Much less than 50/50 and you...
• Re: Blue
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:49:22 -0600
  I thought this was the color of VW's antifreeze but that was just an assumption. Volvo dealer has blue for $20/gal. Joel...
• Re: Antifreeze Experiment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:20:08 -0800
  > I did a little experiment. (Don't tell my wife, but the kitchen was my lab). Gee.... I hope you cleaned up the kitchen...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 May 2010 23:35:40 +1200
  ...Problem is, who knows which antifreeze is suitable for which car? Go to an aftermarket shop and they won't have a clue. Go...
• Re: Camper Rear Htr Leak
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 1995 10:39:40 -0400
  ...Clamp off your hoses ( C-clamps work), put a pan under the whole heater assembly, so as not to spill antifreeze under the bench...
• re Do lines freeze when winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:31:57 -0700
  ...The first thing that would probably freeze would be the grey water tank - you can put RV antifreeze in there - it's alcohol-based...
• Re: '90 vanagon--hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Don Oldenburg
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 08:42:07 EDT
  ...Got a funnel and fill through the small end with antifreeze, put it on and clamped the thing, then drove for a half hour...
• Cooling system draining question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:00:26 -0600
  Hello all, I'm changing my antifreeze for the first time today and have a question. Using the Bentley manual under Engine-Cooling System...
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:45:34 -0500
  ...VW antifreeze ? You Wrote: >Could someone please tell me the VW part number for the correct Autobahn >antifreeze to use. My local VW dealer...
• Re: how cold is too cold
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:51:46 -0500
  ...Simplest thing is to drain the tank and pour in enough RV antifreeze to pump through the lines *and flush out the sink trap...