[s-cars] Coolant leak

[Mark Strangways]

Calvin,
I have no idea where you are, but this page from the EPA might have some
bearing on you or not.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/antifree.htm

This stuff is not nice, and should not be flushed down the drain, IMHO.
YMMV...

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Mark Strangways" <strangconst at rogers.com>; "Fred Munro"
<munrof at sympatico.ca>; "Bob Frizzell" <bobfrizzell at shaw.ca>;
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Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Coolant leak


> Mark,
>
> Yes, but all this stuff goes back through the treatment plant along with
> your sewage, etc.  You aren't dumping it where people/animals can drink
it.
>
> --Calvin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Strangways [mailto:strangconst at rogers.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 9:56 PM
> To: Calvin & Diana Craig; Fred Munro; Bob Frizzell;
> s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant leak
>
>
> Isn't ethylene glycol really poisonous to animals let alone people ?
> Or is this some new glycol that Audi is using ?
>
> I deal with propylene glycol all the time that stuff you can just about
> drink, as a matter of fact it's been in some wines.
>
> Mark S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>; "Bob Frizzell"
> <bobfrizzell at shaw.ca>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:05 PM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Coolant leak
>
>
> > Actually, if you have a "shop sink" it's quite OK to dump this stuff
down
> > your normal drain, from what I understand.
> > --Calvin
> >
> >
> > >I didn't want to do it myself at -30 and I also didn't want
> > >to poison the local wildlife for the rest of the winter,
> >
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