A comment: over a year ago I had a bad thermostat on my diesel, but I
didn't know it when I tried to bleed the cooling system. I had a huge
overflow and spill down the driveway. To this day the exact route of
the antifreeze solution from the front of the van to the street can be
seen. Nothing can live in the cement where it was, and that part is
stark white compared to the rest of the dingy gray concrete.

Hmmmm.... Nah.

Jim

On Dec 27, 2004, at 3:25 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

>   " Legal maybe but still not a good idea"'
>
> Don is right.  It is legal in some cities, but never good for the
> environment.  There is more then one type of sewage processing system
> in use in the U.S. and some, like the one here in Anchorage do very
> little to treat the waste. It removes large chunks, treats the rest
> with chemicals and flushes it out into Cook Inlet. It is not designed
> to handle toxic waste materials.  If you have waste antifreeze to
> dispose of check with your local government for their recommendations,
> ask your local repair shops, or look for a recycler in the Yellow
> Pages.
>
> Mark in AK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
> Date: Friday, December 24, 2004 10:38 am
> Subject: Re: Coolant Drain and replace
>
>> Legal maybe but still not a good idea. Here we have toxic waste or ECO
>> centres where you can take all sorts of stuff to keep it out of the
>> ground water and the landfill ( which essentially means the same
>> thing)On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 08:45  PM, Automatic digest
>> processor wrote:
>>
>>> In most areas the consumer amounts of coolant are legal down the
>> house> drain.  If you are on a septic tank no.  Do not dispose of
>> in the
>>> street or
>>> a storm drain.
>>
>