Date:         Tue, 15 May 2001 10:49:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Subject:      Re: Thermostats and coolant additives
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mjruskin@home.com>
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Not so mon frere!

Racers use water mixes, and for years only alcohol was added as a freeze
protector.  The boiling point is raised by the pressure in the system as
well.

Water is simply the best heat transfer medium.

See the link to Hypercool on the http://no-rosion Web site for a
discussion of this, and Hypercool is definitely a product for desert
dwellers to consider.


Marshall Ruskin wrote:
>
> I strongly disagree with the advice you present for desert Listees. It is
> incorrect advice, and should not be followed.
>
> If a listee used straight water, even with wetting agents in a hot climate,
> they would cerainly have boil overs because the coolant will definitely boil
> in the heads, when they slow down or stop. Perhaps boil when driving -
> causing a loss of coolant or worse.
>
> Anti-freeze not only lowers the freezing point, it also very significantly
> raises the boiling point of water.
>
> > --
> > Stuart MacMillan
> > Seattle
> >
> > '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> > '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> > '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
> >
> > Personal mechanic for:
> > '70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> >
> > Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> > '72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
> > '64 MGB (Son's)
> >
> > Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> > '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
> >

--
Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)

Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)

Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT