Date:         Tue, 28 May 2002 21:46:54 EDT
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
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From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Serious Post - Coolant Disposition
Comments: To: DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM
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In a message dated 5/29/02 9:34:39 AM Taipei Standard Time, DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM
writes:

<< Tomorrow I drain my oil and coolant prior to commencing the head job on my
85.

 A question... What do you guys do with the coolant you drain from your
beloved machines?  (I'm running the orange stuff that you get from VW for an
exorbitant amount of money.) >>

I hope you are not considering recycling that stuff back in to your vehicle.
I take my used vehicle fluids to a recycling station. It is my understanding
that they are then recycled after some amount of processing.

Think of all the crap that has fond it;s way into that coolant for instance.
Chances are, your headgasket has failed because corrosion has set in and
pushed your rubber gaskets apart at the edges and caused terminal leaks. Some
of those aluminum oxides and various other destructive acids must still
reside in that fluid. It's cheap insurance to just buy the stuff new. Cheaper
to buy fluids than to change headgaskets again.

just my 2 cents worth,
BenT