I use a year around mix of 33% AF ( Peak 100%, undiluted ) 66% Distilled
water and a bottle of Water wetter.
Same mix used by light aircraft and it cools better than 50/50.
Michael Shortt
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 4:13 PM, <genepadgett@comcast.net> wrote:
> I normally prefer just distilled water and Water Wetter for my engine
> coolant during normal driving season. Unfortunately the car has to sit in
> an unheated garage here in Northern Il. during the winter.
>
>
> This year it will have my new 347 motor and a new Griffin aluminum
> radiator in it. I want to put the right antifreeze in it, one that if by
> chance I did take the car out before the spring coolant flush would be good
> for the car. Griffin says to use a non-silicate type antifreeze.
>
>
> Trying to learn more about these things I am getting a headache. I did
> come across the following on the internet. It is in an article from 2005 in
> Motor magazine entitled "Cooling System Service Update".
>
>
> GM, VW/Audi and some European makers use OAT coolants with no silicates or
> phosphates. Japanese companies have been moving to an OAT with phosphates,
> but oppose a key organic acid in GM DexCool. Chrysler Group, Ford U.S.A.
> and BMW use basically the same antifreeze as Mercedes, a low-silicate
> hybrid formula.
>
> The entire article is at http://www.motor.com/article.asp?article_ID=938 .
>
>
> Based on the above it would seem I should go with something the Japanese
> use for their cars. I do not have a personal problem with that. But
> apparently their stuff is also expensive and I like to be smart with my
> money. Apparently not all ingredients are listed by all antifreeze makers
> on their containers. After reading the above, I decided to ask the List if
> anyone has plowed this field before me and if so, what brands have they
> turned up that people with a lot of aluminum in their engines cooling
> system should use.
>
>
> TIA, Gene
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