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Jerry Matthews (aka Willys33) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Alamogordo, New Mexico  Get off the trailer and drive

Say you are building a new car and have a crate motor etc. Do you use distilled water? Do you use different anti-freeze for brass or aluminum radiators. Any other additives such as Red Line or ...what?

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Posted by Eliot Ness  -  10/27/2007 09:47 PM 50/50 anti-freeze and distilled water. Usually add a bottle of Red Line but I'm not sure it really does a whole lot. John [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Lexington, Kentucky   Posted by APLUS  -  10/28/2007 01:35 AM 50/50 anti-freeze and distilled water with no additives works for me. Some people believe in additives and won't run distilled water. Do what works for you..... APLUS [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Austin, Texas   Posted by sixguns  -  10/28/2007 08:54 AM I use premixed, no mess, no fuss. Enjoy the Ride [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Woodland, Washington Charter Member since June 2002   Posted by fitzwell   -  10/29/2007 11:45 AM Anti freeze & distilled water...and 5-10 drops of Ivory soap as a surfactant. Explain this to me...if you use equal parts 50/50 premix and water..don't you end up about a 70/30 water solution?? normal?? Normal is a cycle on a washing machine [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] benbrook, Texas   Posted by Eliot Ness  -  10/29/2007 09:57 AM << Explain this to me...if you use equal parts 50/50 mix and water..don't you end up about a 70/30 water solution??>> My 50/50 = 50% straight antifreeze mixed with 50% distilled water. John [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Lexington, Kentucky   Posted by amy14760yahoocom  -  10/29/2007 01:58 PM i had a car that was giveing me fits on hot aug days . i went to a show and car got up to 215 degrees on the long trip onto the fair grounds . i ran into the rep for red line products ( waterwetter ) we got talking about my over heating and he asked me to use my car as a demonstration i naturally agreed . his group flushed the block and the radiator added distilled water 1 quart of red antifreeze to help with the rust going on in the eng and 11/2 bottle of water wetter you guessed it never ran hot again always at 200 or less. i used this formula since with out any troubles . so i guess those so called snake possions work bob in ny amy14760yahoocom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] allegany, New York Charter Member since July 2005

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