Brian

    While your at it, when I got the orange stuff I noticed that it seemed
much heavier. Have you compared their weights.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Doss" <Doss88Wkndr@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:41 PM
Subject: Antifreeze Experiment

> I did a little experiment. (Don't tell my wife, but the kitchen was my
lab).
> I use Prestone 5/150 in my bus, and Zerex 5/100 (not phosphate free) in my
> Dodge cargo van. I was curious if my tester would be calibrated the same
for
> both brands. Under controlled conditions, I mixed up a 50% batch (fresh)
of
> each solution, and tested it with a floating dial type tester. To my
> surprise, the needle read slightly different - not a staggering amount,
but
> consistently different, the orange stuff showing a higher freezing point.
> Both solutions are ethylene glycol based, so there must be differences in
the
> other additives.
> I just thought someone else might find this interesting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian Doss
> '88 Weekender, Queequeg
>