[AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???

[Bill Thompson]

Hay   George ,  I like that one , grin .


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???


> Dudley,
>
> I have exactly the opposite opinion, and here's why...  Each time the
> radiator is filled, the water is filled to the limit with dissolved oxygen
> to corrode the radiator and a good supply of dissolved minerals to leave
> deposits behind after it is brought up to temperature.  That's why
operators
> of big stationary boilers get nervous about small leaks... the necessary
> fresh makeup water is more harmful than the "dead" water that has been
used
> for a while and had the junk cooked out of it.
>
> Oh... and I hope nobody was fooled by Dean's claim to not know about the
> days before permanent anti-freeze???  He's much older than permanent
> anti-freeze!  :-)
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dudley Rupert" <drupert at premier1.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???
>
>
> > Len,
> >
> > Your' chickens - and their eggs if they were layers - probably weren't
> > deficient in Iron and Copper -
> >
> > Draining the radiator every time the engine is shut down - i.e., not
> letting
> > cold water stand in the radiator/engine - would, I think, result in a
> > cleaner cooling system -
> >
> > Dudley
> > Snohomish, Washington
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Len Rugen
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:26 PM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???
> >
> >
> > We used to start the tractor, add water, feed, then shut the tractor off
> and
> > drain the water.  At least once a day, maybe twice.
> >
> > Then watered the chickens with the hot water.....
> >
> > That WAS non-permanent!
> >
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