Before Paul gets all mad. it was me that mistakenly said this not
Paul Hunt.
Bullwinkle wrote:
> Monte:
>
> <<<snip>>>
> Paul Hunt wrote:
>
> As we've discussed before on this list, anti-freeze actually lowers the
> boiling point of water.
> <<<snip>>>
>
> Actually it does RAISE the boiling point of the coolant. What it LOWERS
> is the ability of the coolant to TRANSFER heat. A 50/50 mixture of
> antifreeze having about a 25% less capacity to store, and therefore
> transfer, heat.
>
> Blake.
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