[Healeys] Antifreeze

Richard Ewald richard.ewald at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 22:51:02 MDT 2013


Kees,
Here is a hint.  It's the same stuff.  It lowers the freezing point and
raises the boiling point of water.  It has various chemicals added to act
as corrosion inhibitors.


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I am talking about coolant, not antifreeze. Antifreeze is not the same as
> coolant. Coolant contains antifreeze but also a host of other chemicals
> with certain properties, stabilizers, pump lubrication, corrosion
> inhibitors etc. It is a whole package.
> In warm countries it is obvious hat the antifreeze properties of the
> coolant do not bear much significance.
> If you have problems with cooling an engine water wetter may sound like a
> good idea, but it is not. It may make a horrible mess inside. I have seen
> it react inside an (aluminium) engine that had not been running for about a
> year. It had formed some kind of  gel which was nigh impossible to remove
>
> Cheers,
> Kees
>
> Op 13-6-2013 0:10, Chris Dimmock schreef:
>
>> Kees,
>> Can you explain to me, in Sydney Australia, where the lowest ever
>> recorded temperature was 2.1 degrees Celcius, (35.8F) back in 1932, and the
>> highest ever recorded temperature was 45.8 degrees Celcius (114.4F), in
>> January this year, why I should use antifreeze in my Healey???
>> I just use tap water and waterwetter. I use waterwetter mostly because of
>> its anti corrosion properties.
>> I could use any number of products to add to water to lubricate the water
>> pump, and prevent corrosion, but as I've been using waterwetter for 15
>> years, and the car has never overheated, I can't see a reason to change.
>> BTW, it's never frozen either...
>>
>> Is there some reason I'm missing as to the benefits of adding ethlene
>> glycol - a very inefficient coolant compared to water - designed as an
>> antifreeze - to my Healey??
>> Chris
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 13/06/2013, at 4:19 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>>
>>  Hear, hear!!
>>> If proper coolant cannot do the job there is something amiss and
>>> remedial action is required.
>>> Forget water wetter, it is rubbish, waterless coolant, idem,  and the
>>> likes. Use coolant with organic anti-corrosion dopes, the green stuff.
>>> Kees Oudesluijs
>>> NL
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 12-6-2013 20:07, Derek Job schreef:
>>>
>>>> I can't really see the point of water wetter. All it will do is
>>>> temporarily
>>>> mask underlying problems that you would otherwise become aware of.
>>>>
>>>> Derek
>>>>
>>>>
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