Boost-n-Juice Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Just a friendly reminder to make sure your car has the correct level of antifreeze. My Mustang is parked for the winter and I doubled checked just to make sure it's good go. It's going to be -9 degrees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 50% water/50% antifreeze will protect up to -34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulo Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 What would happen if you put 100% antifreeze in? Are you supposed to put a different combination in in the summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 -34 is perfect for year round. Summer time you can run pure water if you want, dont recommend it though. Its not safe to run 100% antifreeze, but it sure as hell wont freeze. Im not sure exactly what will happen, it might overheat. Run WaterWetter in there during summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 sure dont, and its too fuckin cold to do anything about it now. Crossin the fingers till the radiator thaws and I can actualy mix shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Sign Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Where do you get 100% AF? To get the 97% we use requires a chemical license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 the best mix is 70/30 theres a chart on the back of the bottle and the little tester is about 5 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Antifreeze is 100% ethylene glycol as far as i know, and coolant is antifreeze mixed with water. The tester is called a hydrometer. We use them at work. A 50/50 solution has a freezing point of -34°F. If the mixture has a higher percentage of water, the freezing point will be higher. Pure water has a freezing point of 32°F. You can mix different percentages of antifreeze and water to prevent the system from freezing at different temperatures. 70AF/30water is way too much for ohio, it will never get that cold. 70water/30antifreeze will probably protect to around -20, -10 degrees which is kinda pushing it in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 we have a dead 3.0 caravan at firestoen right now.. he brought it to us witht eh upper hose off, and icicles out the thermostat housing neck, and radiator. lifted it in the air and theres a 3" crack in the back of the block... please dont only use water!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Actually 100% ethylene glycol will freeze, due to the crystaline structure that will form in it. It is the combined water ethylene glycol solution that will not freeze because the freezing point of the water is depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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