The chemists recommend a 50-50 mix of mineral free water and antifreeze.
Mineral free does not mean distilled. They also said that commercial
distilled
water tends to be slight acidic. The antifreeze is needed to lubricate the
water pump and prevent freezing. Don't forget the needed CoolTec2 to
prevent the silicates from participating.
Cooltec2 has silver azide in it which keeps the silicates in a soluble form.
It comes in a 12 oz bottle and treats up to 12 gallons. One bottle will
do 2 Tigers.
Actually they said that the best cooling solution is all water. All water
has the
greatest heat transfer. But that has some disadvantages, No water pump
lubricant.
No freezing protection. But all water is the best for cooling. So if
freezing is not a problem,
all water with a can of water pump lubricant. Also annually use a cleaner
to remove the scale.
I believe that some of the listers that were racing, said they used 100%
water. But
they didn't race in the winter.
The in-line coolant filters are also a good idea.
Green Goo is nasty stuff. It participates out into insoluble silicates
which can act
as abrasives on the pump and seals. Radiator shops can show you radiators
that are
so plugged that no amount of flushing removes the stuff. Of course the
silicates are
insoluble. Customers say 'But I flush every year'. Yep they sure do.
Adding a fresh
batch of silicon to make more silicates.
In theory, the eythylene glycohol in antifreeze never wears out. It's the
lubricants that do
And the slicone particates out. Most shops flush and fill with used
antifreeze. They
filter the old, add lubricant, and silicone and it back in your car. Not in
my car.
In a message dated 6/20/2008 9:43:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tigerlat70@comcast.net writes:
What do you recommend from this to us Tiger group?
Good info
Steve
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