Re: Antifreeze- which one?

Posted by John M on September 23, 2005 at 13:57:25 from (64.53.75.223):

In Reply to: Re: Antifreeze- which one? posted by Mark - IN. on September 23, 2005 at 08:55:19:

Thats your preference and there is by no means anything wrong with that. Im just merely trying to say, that different coolants can be mixed without any damage to an engine.Teh original post asked about the enviromentally safe type of antifreeze.It CAN be mixed with conventional coolant.The problem is, that when the stadard antifreeze is mixed with the enviro safe type, the enviro safe typ is no longer enviro safe due to the toxic chemicals in the standard green.Thsi holds true for MANY,MANY types of coolant.It also holds true for these extended life cooalnts such as the mentioned Cat ELC,Rotella ELC and the like.The color of an antifreeze make no difference what so ever.Example: John Deeres green is the EXACT same formula as the Zerox GO5, just dyed a different color,JD green and Zerex gold respectivly.It CAN be mixed.Now,can the ELCs be mixed with conventional coolants.YES! but the ELC will loose its ELC properties,again, due to the toxins in the standard antifreeze.What does this do to an engine,well,in all of our test,with different types of metals,rubbers and plastics, and rusted all to heck,nothing!However,there we did not do any type of friction tests,BUt the small vats we used were heated to 230 degrees and parts were just kinda moved around in the vats and the only contact the parts had was with each other or the bottom of the trays they were placed on.We found no damage of any type to any parts this way.Thsi is my experience with coolants and that is what I was sharing,does that mean someone else will have the same results,no.I could go on about this but like I said before, I will be wrong in the eyes of the experts on this board who have had things ruin because of inappropriate use of antifreeze.I mean no disrespect to you or anyone else, just trying to share my experience with those who know better than me.

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