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Re: Special Antifreeze for Diesel?
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Posted by Jon H on June 02, 2005 at 13:51:36 from (69.26.17.47):
In Reply to: Re: Special Antifreeze for Diesel? posted by pbutler on June 02, 2005 at 12:49:23:
Most antifreeze makers market a heavy duty coolant with the correct additive package to protect a diesel from corrosion and cylinder liner cavitation pitting. You can buy the coolant conditioner and test strips to test your coolant for the correct additive concentration from most tractor and heavy duty truck places. I used to buy cheap car antifreeze and bring it up to diesel specs by adding the coolant conditioner,untill I found that I could buy heavy duty diesel rated coolant with the correct additive package already in it cheaper than my home brew mix. When I bought my first coolant additive test kit(fleetguard) I checked several of my rigs and found almost no additives to protect a diesel from cavitation damage,so I checked a new 50/50 mix of the stuff I was using and found it not much better. I suspected I was doing the test wrong,so I called the help number on the test kit. The fleetguard guy asked what antifreeze I was using. I told him I was using a cheap farm store brand antifreeze. He said that most of that stuff that does not say"for heavy duty diesel engines" on the jug has only enough additives to protect a gasoline engine for a year,and is not nearly good enough for a diesel.
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