

| Subject: | Re: Phosphate free anti-freeze.Quotes from owners manual and more-- |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:49:35 -0500 |
OOPs!! I meant to say I change the coolant every two years, giving the system a good flushing out before refilling. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Rodgers wrote: > I think it's all bogus. Don't trust this at all! To be on the "Safe" > side, I use distilled water - absolutely no potential for sediments or > corrosion agents "IN" the water......but we will not address the > scientific notion that water itself is one of the most corrosive > agents on the planet. Price is no object on distilled water and if it > is, then someone is being pennywise and $100's of dollars foolish, > considering the price of a new engine. It makes a few bucks for 4 > gallons of distilled water cheap!!! I add Redline Water Wetter to it, > and Texaco Havoline Phosphate Free and Biodegradeble Antifreeze and call > it good. I rebuilt my engine 4 years and about 50,000 miles back and > have not had a single problem with coolant. I remove it, flush the > cooling system (my mechanic does) and the have it refilled with the new > chemicals. I definitely beleive a good maintenance regimen is essential. > So far so good.!! > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver >
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