Date:         Fri, 26 Aug 94 08:56:10 CDT
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: anitfreeze

On Fri, 26 Aug 94 08:30:27 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said:
>three brands, and two of them were phosphate free, Alpine and some
>Ecologically sound one....can't remember the name now.  Alpine said "safe

Sierra? that's the one around here that is 'ecologoically safe for kids and
dogs' ... i.e., it's propylene glycol instead of ethylene glycol ... which
supposedly means it isn't poisonous to kids and dogs and cats. but it also
(supposedly) doesn't cool or protect against freezing quite as well. by that,
i mean that instead of -60 degrees for the good ole stuff, this new stuff
only protects down to -40. same kind of thing for heat: not quite as high.
but if you don't need it, ...

>Also, the cooling system is supposed to hold just over 16 quarts;  16
>quarts=4 gallons, so I bought 2 gallons of antifreeze.  Is this going to
>be enough, or should I go back and get more?  Just wondering.

i heard 18 quarts or 2.25 gallons. one more bottle? :)

joel