[Healeys] Semantic Battles over Silly Things

[Richard Ewald]

Gary,
As a professional in the automotive repair business for the last 46 years
(as of August) I love people that argue that I don't know what I am talking
about.  OK, I'll play.
That R&T definition was out of date as of 2000, and oh by the way what the
hell is glycolo?  The word is glycol.
There are several different types of antifreeze on the market.  The stuff
GM uses is not the same as what Ford uses or Chrysler, or Mercedes for that
matter.  Their definition mentions none of that.  Here is a fairly simple
explanation of some of the different types of coolant on the market today. *
http://tinyurl.com/mzu2usu*
As far as who sez
Well there are these guys: *http://tinyurl.com/kc2zkrt
*
*Or maybe you have heard of this family: **
http://tinyurl.com/or-this-family-business
*
*These guys are tight with Ferrari I hear: **http://tinyurl.com/kuh9te9
*
*Here is another small company you might have heard of:  **
http://tinyurl.com/mx6cbyc*
Oh look a 3 pointed star:  *http://tinyurl.com/mlj9f46*
I can keep this up all night.  Googling antifreeze/coolant brings up
848,000 hits and who knows how many pictures.
I stand by my comment that antifreeze and coolant are the same thing.
the ball is now in  your side of the court.
Rick



On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:14 AM, <editorgary at aol.com> wrote:

> As an editor (of a car magazine), I just love these semantic battles:
> Are antifreeze and coolant the same thing by different names? And who sez?
>
> One person's quick-and-dirty wikipedish online source says they're the
> same.
>
>
> BUT, my primary reference for this kind of information, the Road & Track
> Automotive Dictionary (John Dinkel, Bentley Publishers, 2000), says:
>
> "Antifreeze: Any of several substances (commonly liquids and typically
> ethylene glycolo) mixed with water and added to a car's cooling system to
> lower the freezing point of the coolant and to inhibit formation of rust
> and
> other deposits."
>
> Note that according to them, the two terms are obviously different, and
> also
> note, according to them, Antifreeze DOES NOT RAISE THE BOILING POINT OF THE
> COOLANT. Only something like Water Wetter can actually do that.
>
> So there, for what it's worth.
>
> Gary
>
> Gary Anderson
> Editor-in-Chief, The Star Magazine
> Editor-at-large, Austin-Healey Magazine
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