[Healeys] glycol

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Thu Jun 10 23:08:33 MDT 2010


Depends on what you mean by effective.  Pure water transfers heat better 
so, theoretically, your cooling system is more effective, but 
glycol/water mixes have higher boiling points and lower freezing 
points.  Good charts here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol

bs


healeymanjim at hansencc.net wrote:
> many years ago i was shown some research that stated pure antifreeze was not as effective as a 50/50 mix of antifreeze.  i have been passing along that info for years.  was i lying then and am i lying now?  hjim
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