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Date:         Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:59:47 -0600
Reply-To:     Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Organization: American Family Insurance
Subject:      Re: Antifreeze
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Jason Cornfeld wrote: > > Hey guys.. my heads leak.. oh well.. but what kind of Antifreeze should I > use???? Thanks in advance! > > Jason > 85GL

Peak has an "extended life" anti-freeze that is ethylene glycol based and has no phosphates. I paid $8.00 a gallon at All-Car (a chain that may or may not be in your area). It is compatible with other anti-freezes. Don't confuse it with their regular anti-freeze, or the Summit brand which is propylene glycol based.

Don't trust the "Ingredients" section of the label on any anti-freeze. For instance, STP mentions "anti corrosion inhibitors" in the fine print, but the Ingredients list only ethylene glycol, di-someting-ethylene glycol and water. I wouldn't buy it.

If you can't find any that doesn't state unequivocally that it's phosphate free and ethylene glycol based, I'd suggest gritting your teeth and paying what the VW dealer asks, which was $18 a gallon last time I checked.

---------------------------- Fred Younger fyounger@amfam.com


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