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I forgot something 140-160 1968

posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Hampton on  Sun Dec 22 16:31 CST 2002 [RELATED]

The ideal mixture is 50/50. The reason: If you exceed 50 percent anti-freeze, then the continous phase is the antifreeze, and it is the amount of water that affects the freezing point of the anti-freeze, rather than the other way around. At 50/50, you get the maximum freezing point depression, or lowest freezing point. If you mix 4:2:1 as you mentioned, you will have little anti-freeze benefit. As far as the anti-freezing function, you might as well use water. There would be some anti-corrosion benifit, I suppose.

Jim Hampton






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New water soluble oil instead of coolant in cooling system [140-160][1968]
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