that's why I always use the expensive organic acid OAT stuff. it's usually
pink or orange colored. glycol kills your kidneys I think. these days there
isn't much difference in cost as the cheap stuff seems to be a lot more
expensive than it used to be only a few years ago.
On Jun 13, 2011, at 12:58, "Jerry & Maureen \(Mo\)" <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net>
wrote:
> Here is a little story that will make the decision very easy for you.
>
> As most of you know I'm a retired airline pilot, and a bunch of years ago a
> bunch of us had to take new "company physicals" from the new takeover
> company (American Airlines). One of our pilots had trouble passing the
> physical; the doc. said he had something "wrong" with his blood and to go
> have tests taken (on his dime). Bottom line, he had glycol in his blood!
> Turns out his truck had a small leak in the heater (hardly noticeable he
> said). Turns out glycol does damage to you internal organs, the doc. told
> him "if you so much as smell glycol it can damage your internal organs"!! I
> know we all have been drenched in the stuff in the past. I now am very
> carful of my exposure to the stuff.
>
> My advice is to throw the pad and carpet away! With gloves!
>
> Jerry Christopherson
> 9473187
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Peter Laurinaitis
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:11 PM
> To: Tiger List List
> Subject: [Tigers] Fwd: sticky situation
>
> resending (thinking it didnt go thru ystday as i only got my email with no
> body attached)
>
>> From: Peter Laurinaitis <laurin212@yahoo.com>
>> Date: June 11, 2011 7:57:05 PM EDT
>> To: Tiger List List <tigers@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: sticky situation
>>
>> Two separate issues, but similar ... on one of my tigers the clutch master
> cylinder leaked a bunch of fluid soaking my carpet/padding, and on another
> tiger, the heater core blew a leak soaking my carpets/padding with coolant.
> on both, the padding under the carpet seems to have absorbed most of the
> fluid. Ive pulled the carpets out, but the saturated padding and carpet
> doesnt seem to dry at all, at least in the last week or so it hasnt. Whats
> the best way to dry these out, or will they never really dry given we are
> talking brake fluid and antifreeze? I guess i can wash out with water to
> displace the fluid, at least in the case of the coolant and then let air
> dry?
> any other ideas? use a wet/dry vac to suck out the fluids so theyll dry?
> or
> get new paddings and toss the saturated ones?
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