VANAGON archives -- April 2004, week 3 (#2)

Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:23:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Seifert <theburnvictims@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Seifert <theburnvictims@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Phosphate free anti-freeze.
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That's what I meant. Green water is bad. you should never use green water.


>From: vw4x4@fyi.net
>To: Mark Seifert <theburnvictims@HOTMAIL.COM>
>CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Phosphate free anti-freeze.
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:35:24 -0400
>
>Sorry guy, but I have to disagree, that "green is bad"
>....better do some homework, it has nothing to
>do with the anti-frezze.  The problem is the water
>that you add to it.  Check the archieves.
>                                       ERic
>
>
>Mark Seifert wrote:
>
>>flush that green stuff out of there. if you dont want to buy the blue
>>kind,
>>you can just use dex-cool (orange or red) but it's expensive too. the
>>previous owner of my vanagon used green and when i pulled the heads off,
>>there was extreme pitting on the surface, and the pipes on the sides of
>>the
>>heads had holes through them. green is bad.
>>
>>
>>>From: Scott Charles <ve7fyc@SHAW.CA>
>>>Reply-To: Scott Charles <ve7fyc@SHAW.CA>
>>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>Subject: Re: Phosphate free anti-freeze.
>>>Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:51:32 -0700
>>>
>>>Does any one know if ALL METALS anti-freeze ( i.e. Prestone )can be used
>>>instead of the Phosphate free stuff  Volkswagon sells.
>>>My Westy ( 84's ) Vanagon has typical green anti-freeze instead of
>>>the blue stuff VW sells.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Scott
>>>ve7fyc@shaw.ca
>>
>>
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