Re: Upgrading Ur-Q's cooling systems

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Phil Payne say:

> In message <v04003a09b1ee3151b4d0@[10.1.1.5]> Brett Dikeman writes:
> 
> >> I also once found a car that had been in Saudi Arabia and the owner
> >> thought: "No frost, therefore no antifreeze."
> 
> >> The inside of the system was corroded to hell.  Most of the radiator
> >> tubes were blocked - had to scrap the lot.  On a Sport, too - $$$$!
> 
> > Well, to some extent he was right; no frost, so no need for antifreeze,
> > which means he's running pure water, which has the highest heat capacity.
> > What he should have done, I guess, was run a slight amount?  Or some sort
> > of rust preventitive?
> 
> I don't know if commercial corrosion inhibitors like Fernox are usable
> in cars.  Audi states quite firmly that the recommended coolant mixture
> must be used _whatever_ the ambient conditions.

Besides, antifreeze is also antiboil. Pure water boils at 100C.
I wouldn't imagine that temp is hard to come by inside an engine
in Saudi Arabia.

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