Re: [FWDLK] Living with modern anti-freeze products

[Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Paul!

Ergo, when in doubt, pure H2O works fine, in a non-air conditioned 
FWDLK'er, as originally
designed, and tested by Ma MoPar.

I'll bet that not many people know the real intended purpose of that  
radiator  'drain' tube---
to relieve  excess internal  pressure, rather than as a  coolant-fluid  
drain  pipe.


Neil Vedder



Paul Holmgren wrote:
> Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
>
> snip
>
>
> > You did answer your own question, Neil, glycol-based anti-freeze was 
> > used year-round even back then.  It was required in A/C cars, but 
> > useable in any. And ethylene glycol raises the boiling point as well 
> > as lowering the freezing point.
>
> > --Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, 
> > '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
>
> The PROBLEM TODAY as I understand it is that antifroze is still mostly
> ethylene glycol --> BUT <-- the additive package the makers use and
> put in with the ethylene glycol before we buy it in the gallon container
> is what makes the modern stuff today a problem with the older car cooling
> system and PRACTICES.
>
> our stuff stayed the same, but the game changed!!!!!

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