[Healeys] Antifreeze

Derek Job derek.c.job at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 03:44:57 MDT 2013


Thomas,

You are correct. There is far too much time spent on worrying about all
kinds of  little things that, given the useage and maintenance levels that
our cars are now subjected to, just don't make a difference in the real
world. You'll be dead before there is any noticeable problem.

Or you can buy modern 'coolant' which seems to cost as much as oil these
days.


Derek


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Thomas Willig <twillig at ruda.de> wrote:

> My advice-learned the hard way : Do not use distilled/demineralised water
> in
> your cooling system.  This stuff is very aggressive and together with cast
> iron creates the ideal climate for corrosion. I just had to flush my BN2
> engine after running it for one year after a complete rebuild. I used a
> mixture of antifreeze and demin water. You will not believe the amount of
> rust
> that came out of this  engine after such a short time. I will now use tap
> water  and normal antifreeze. That worked well in the "old" days and
> everything else seems to me as "over-engineering".
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Thomas Willig
>
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell at comcast.net]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013 06:42
> An: healeys at autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Antifreeze
>
> If your cooling system is fully drained you'll need about 2.5 (US) gallons
> of
> coolant.  I pour a gallon of (undiluted) Prestone in then add distilled
> water
> until full, then run up to temp and add more if necessary (or let the
> radiator
> 'bleed' any excess).  I've also been adding Water Wetter for years, but may
> stop doing that given recent negative info.
> IMO, premixed is a rip-off--I carry water for emergencies.
>
> I just drained my BJ8 after about 25K miles and the coolant was pristine.
>
> Bob
>
> On 6/11/2013 9:26 PM, Richard Kahn wrote:
> > Sorry to bother the group with stuff that has been asked a dozen times
> > but I got a brain fart. I did this two years ago. The books say 18
> > pints of antifreeze with out heater. I have a BJ8 with heater. That
> > comes out to more than 2 gallons of coolant.  How much coolant is
> > needed with a heater? Are there any preferences between Prestone premixed
> and  the type diluted 50/50?
> > Thanks
> > Rich Kahn
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