You can also get some very good information on cooling mixes from the
Redline Oil site.
http://www.redlineoil.com...
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>>If you pressurise the cooling system to 7lbs/sq" you raise the boiling point
>>to what? If you add antifreeze to the coolant you raise the boiling point
>>how much? Finally if you do both as most of us do, are these raised
>>increments additive and what kind of boiling point F or C would we find?
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>A 7 psi cap will raise the boiling point of pure water to 233F. The
>addition of antifreeze will also raise the boiling point, but I
>don't have the chart for that in a convenient form. (You're welcome
>to go to the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and wade through the
>calculations for ebullioscopic constants. *grin*) I think it's
>unlikely that the two changes are simply additive in their effect on
>overall boiling point, although I would think that the boiling point
>of a mixture under pressure would be higher than 233F.
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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3
aka
Casper
Wallace, CA
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