I'd heard that water was the most nearly universal solvent, at least on Earth. Any folks that actually have training in this kind of stuff willing to chime in? Mathew? Mike On 4/29/04 9:32 PM, "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Is the earth flat. Looks flat to me. Is water > corrosive. Where you see rust you see water. Must > be the water like the earth is flat. > Oxygen is corrosive not water. Rust is iron > oxide and we have aluminum oxide too. > Someone said the orange stuff gels and the green > stuff is corrosive like water. > I think more effort should be placed on what will > keep the engine cool and the waterpump lubricated. > I was impressed that the orange stuff was used in > other german cars. After flushing my system I added > the orange stuff. It will gel but only if there is > still some green stuff around or if you use if over > 50%. It is very organic and less ionic than the > green stuff. In the summer I think 30% would work > just fine. > Hot coolant will disolve less oxygen than cold > coolant and a sealed system should be mostly free of > oxygen. > Keep your system topped off with whatever you choose > to use and remeber that water is your friend. > A 0.2M citrus acid enemia is a good idea if you are > running a bit hot. Isolate the radiator at the big > pipes and flush with hot water. Soak the radiator > for a week with the enemia and flus with hot water. > Keep cool this summer. If you are running hot > fix it and fix it now. > and for the record water is not corrosive, gary > From: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US> > Subject: Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc. > > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Daniel L. Katz wrote: > >> maybe we can get a chemist to comment; but, it seems > logical that >> distilled water would actually be more corrosive > than average tap > water. >> there may be some advantage in terms of reducing > mineral deposits, > but >> distilled water should really be more corrosive > because it is farther > from >> chemical equilibrium with respect to cooling system > materials. > > In fact, tap water's pH is usually adjusted at the > treatment plant to > make > sure it isn't corrosive to the water mains. (This > isn't true if you > have > your own well, of course.) > > The concern with tap water is that the minerals in it > could react with > chemicals in the coolant and cause them to settle out, > forming deposits > that can clog the system. This is supposedly why VW > specified > phosphate-free coolant. > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '86 Volvo 240DL wagon > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > |
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