Which coolant do you recommend for I5 NF engine?

[cobram at juno.com]

Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> writes:

> I don't have a basement.
 
I'm sure you could find a source of water if you really need to without
it, much as I do when the air dries up in winter and the dehumidifier is
shut off.
 
>> Yeah, with the state of public education today, figuring out 50% 
>> might be asking too much.
> 
> Actually, while trying to make some weird political point, you are 
> ignoring how difficult it can be sometimes to get the right mixture. 

Yes, Huw it's a "weird" "political" statement that many kids go through
the educational system yet can't do 4th grade math.  

You're right Huw, where or where can one find a container that holds a
gallon, or half a gallon, a quart, liter or unknown fixed volume for
mixing?    If someone can't figure out how to dispense equal amounts of
two fluids, they shouldn't be opening the hood of the car, let alone
handling poisonous liquids.  
> 
> Sure, many of us have empty jugs we can use to mix up 50/50 
> antifreeze  from the one gallon jug first, but many of us don't.

Quite the puzzler, kind of like the row boat riddles from grade school. 
I'm typing real slow now, just find a container with a fixed volume
(can't use a balloon or things like that), fill it to a point with
coolant, pour that in, fill same container with water to the specified
level, pour that in.  There ya go.

> My "new" '88 90Q reads about -15F on the coolant meter.  How do I 
> fix  that besides flushing and refilling?  Is it too much water or too 
> much  coolant?  Pre-mixed prevents such confusion.

Add coolant.  You'd have to be at almost 100% unmixed coolant solution
before adding water would bring -15 down.  Using premix adds watered down
coolant and you'd have to drain at least twice as much to adjust it with
premix.  Any way you look at it it's harder to adjust with premix.  In
the very off chance there's pure coolant in the system, you'd be using
the 50% water in the premix to dilute it, if there's too much water or
coolant is old, then you're adding 50% water where it's not needed. 
Either way, you're pissing away 50% of what's in the jug.  If premix is
about the same price as unmolested coolant, you've already pissed away
half your money buying water, then you lose 50% of that by trying to
adjust with premix.  
 
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