[AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???

[Dudley Rupert]

George,

Your' opinion sounds good to me - in fact, it sounds like good theory -
I guess what I was thinking would only make some sense if clean distilled
water were added each time - but, as you say, it would still be introducing
new dissolved oxygen - I hadn't thought of that.
So, for good radiator life, I guess distilled water with a good
anti-freeze/rust inhibitor, changed at the optimum interval, is the way to
go.  I guess we could debate what is the optimum change interval - I try to
drain/flush/re-fill all my vehicles every other year.

Dudley
Snohomish, Washington

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of George Willer
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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

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Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:58 PM
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> 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-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Len Rugen
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:26 PM
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> 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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