Re: More Antifreeze

[Rick Williams <will@terrabit.mn.org>]

On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Michael Spiers wrote:

> > I think that the Sierra product uses propylene (sp?) glycol as opposed to
> > etheylene glycol. If the product is pure propylene glycol, it is safe to
> > ingest. However, it seems like there must also be additives that wouldn't be
> > safe.>
> > I thought that propylene glycol was only usable in high flow, non-pressurized
> > systems...?
> >
> I was working at NAPA on Saturday, and had a guy come in to buy some
> antifreeze.  "You guys carry Sierra?"  "No sir, we carry this NAPA crap, I use
> it in all my cars."  "Good thing.  I've put Sierra in three cars, and each car
> blew a water pump three weeks after I put the stuff in."
> Does this have anything to do with the propylene glycol business?  I'd never
> heard anything about Sierra, good or bad, so maybe this guy just had bad luck?
Spooky.  Same thing happend to my '84 4kq about two weeks after I changed 
to Sierra antifreeze.  And if you've ever changed the waterpump on a 5 
cylinder, you'd know how much of a pain it is.  I pulled so much off of 
the front of the engine, I pulled the head off while I was at it, if that 
tells you anything..

-Rick