[AT] Antifreeze question

[charlie hill]

John I've seen the same thing on a D-14 Allis.  A friend of mine bought the 
tractor.  The PO told him it overheated sometimes under hard load.  Well it 
turned out that hard load was any load at any speed under any conditions. 
It turned out to be exactly the same thing as your Suzuki.  Straight 
antifreeze.  We drained it and filled it with straight water and the problem 
went  away.

Here is the rest of the story.  He never would put ANY antifreeze back in 
it.  He'd drain the radiator in cold weather.  I thought he knew to drain 
the block but apparently he didn't.  You can imagine what happened.  That 
was ok too.   I got to buy the tractor a couple of years later and fixed it 
with spare parts I had in my barn.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert L. Holtzer" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:03 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Antifreeze question


> Several years ago I bought a used Suzuki Samuri from a dealer.  It ran hot 
> under severe load and/or with air conditioner working.  The dealer went 
> over it extensively (supposedly!) and could find nothing wrong.  One day I 
> checked the specific gravity of the coolant -- it was straight ethylene 
> glycol antifreeze.  Diluting it solved the over heating problem!  Ethylene 
> glycol does not have the heat capacity of water or water diluted mixtures.
>
> Bob Holtzer
>
> At 10:13 AM 11/27/2006, you wrote:
>>I was told years ago that the rental car companies ran straight
>>antifreeze in their cars in hot climates; not sure if true but came from
>>a source I considered reliable (too many years ago; don't recall the
>>source).
>>
>>Lew Best near Waco, TX
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>><<snip>>
>>
>>I have read that running straight thick antifreeze will cause
>>overheating.....
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Will Powell
>>Pottstown, PA
>>
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