- 1. Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: "Steven Graham" <sjgraham@bigpond.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:52:40 +1000
- I know it has been mentioned before but I still am not sure on the best corosion protection for my Alpine. I have spent considerable money repairing the head due to corrosion, the result of to long i
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00324.html (7,855 bytes)
- 2. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Hamilton <hamilton@accesswave.ca>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:06:48 -0300
- Haven't you hear of antifreeze???? Nothing better. Why mess around with other crap. Bob == Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and S
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00325.html (8,487 bytes)
- 3. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: "jumpin'jan" <servaij@cris.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:54:05 -0700
- Just use Prestone or the new extended life (orange) anti-freeze and distilled water (De-ionized is what it is called now I think) at a 50/50 mixture and, as an option, use Redline oil's "water wetter
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00326.html (8,945 bytes)
- 4. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:28:18 -0700
- Distilled water is a good idea, not using antifreeze is not. I'd mix the two 50/50. Antifreeze has corrosion inhibitors in it because most modern engines use quite a bit of aluminum (though better st
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00328.html (8,895 bytes)
- 5. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: rgibbs@pacbell.net
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:27:52 -0800
- snip Water and conventional antifreeze is my strong recommendation. Using soluable oil and water apparently has been in practice for a long time. The thermal conductivity of this mix is not as good a
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00330.html (8,588 bytes)
- 6. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:18:01 EDT
- Copper work-hardens from vibration and will fracture without warning. I replaced a copper fuel line in an Alpine 5 recently that cracked while the owner was driving down Interstate 5: she said she s
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00331.html (7,740 bytes)
- 7. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce Davis" <phyrman5@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:25:56 -0700
- DO NOT USE COPPER for fuel lines!! As it ages heats/cools is WILL crack......ya don't want fuel leaking about. Bruce -- Original Message -- From: Christopher Albers <Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.ed
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00332.html (9,591 bytes)
- 8. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:20:20 -0700
- Learn something everyday.... CNA
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00336.html (7,505 bytes)
- 9. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: "" <davidkellogg@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 04:04:39 GMT
- Hello List Folk, Just a word to address the anode(sic) idea mentioned in the string on coolant and radiator technology. The concept of placing a piece of ignoble (or low grade, relative to other meta
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00356.html (10,751 bytes)
- 10. Re: Cooling Fluids & Fuel lines (score: 1)
- Author: JACranwell@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 04:39:59 EDT
- Surely, this depends on the quality of the copper piping? I've had a copper pipe between my clutch master and slave cylinder for 10 years, and no cracks. This is significant, as this is a pipe which
- /html/alpines/2000-10/msg00357.html (8,189 bytes)
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