[Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?

[Rick Lindsay]

Remember, on that graph, the pressuress are ABSOLUTE so a 15 pound cap relates to a max pressure of 29.7psi   ( 14.7 being about atmospheric at sea level + the 15 psi over pressure).

rick


--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?
> To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob at juno.com>, "MGS" <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:40 PM
> >    One wonders what boil temp is with a 15 psi cap and
> no
> > Prestone.
> > Bob
> 
> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/boiling-point-water-d_926.html
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Bob Howard <mgbob at juno.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Bob Howard <mgbob at juno.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?
> > To: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk
> > Cc: rolindsay at yahoo.com, mgs at autox.team.net
> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:24 PM
> > A chart on a bottle of Prestone (brand) antifreeze
> shows,
> > with 15 psi
> > cap:
> >         50/50 mix of Prestone & water protects to
> -34F
> > and +265F
> >         70% Prestone/30% water protects to -84F and
> +276
> > 
> >    One wonders what boil temp is with a 15 psi cap and
> no
> > Prestone.
> > Bob
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:54:13 -0000 "Paul
> Hunt"
> > <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> > > How hot does it have to be to get that?  With a
> good
> > cooling system I 
> > > mean.  I've seen my V8 reach the red but it
> > didn't lose any 
> > > coolant.
> > > 
> > > PaulH.
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   ...  Combine that with a pressurized colling
> system
> > and you run a 
> > > much better chance of avoiding the dreaded
> summertime
> > boil-over.
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