Date:         Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:54:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: another coolant question
Comments: To: john@ucsb.edu
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John, I wholeheartedly agree with what that brief articles states and I
have been saying the same thing on this list myself for many years.  Any
antifreeze that is Phosphate free (which is pretty much all of them now)
will work fine.  However there are folks that insist on the blue goo.
For them I will get it and sell it (because it is also phosphate free).

Does this clear up my stand on this issue?

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com


On 4/14/2011 7:09 PM, John Goubeaux wrote:
> Thanks Ken,  Here is what the folks at GoWesty are saying about
> coolant types/mixing:
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1040
>
> Coming from folks that build and tear apart a lot of waterboxer
> engines this must carry some sort of credibility?
>
> -john
>
>
> On 4/12/2011 3:47 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:
>> John, I can still get the blue goo (blue VW spec antifreeze) for $25
>> a gallon and I don't think there is any danger of it disappearing for
>> several years yet.  Just FYI there are coolants you can buy if you
>> are in an emergency situation on a trip and need some coolant that
>> will mix with any color.  I know it wrecks the whole blue "toilet
>> bowl fresh" color thing but it will work in a pinch.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
>> On 4/12/2011 12:04 AM, John Goubeaux wrote:
>>> Sorry guys, I know this topic has been beaten to death, but...
>>>
>>> So I am about ready to fill my newly installed ( gowesty ) engine with
>>> coolant, I have six gallons of the Blue VW/Audi  stuff, already cut
>>> with
>>> distilled water that I have had for a while. I had intended to use this
>>> whenever I did a full flush of the system. A local VW mechanic tells me
>>> I should not use it b/c it is no longer available -replaced by the pink
>>> stuff. That I will not have any extra for "down the road" and can't mix
>>> the two.
>>>
>>> So I am thinking -  "crap" now i have to  give VW another $100 for pink
>>> fluid ?  Any comment on this? Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I guess I should just consider that I will likely be able to find
>>> someone who still needs the blue stuff right ? I will probably try to
>>> sell it to the mechanic.
>>>
>>> -john
>>>
>
>