RE: No Evans,,,,,,,,,,,RE: S Car antifreeze

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

James
Good for you, I honestly hope that it stays that way as long as you own your
car.
Good luck and take care,
Avi
Happily running H2O with a little Siera coolant and the following new parts:
Radiator
After run pump
New timing belt
New idler bearing
New thermostat
New heater core
And a few other things I rather not remember
All of the above, thanks to Evans coolant!

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]
On Behalf Of James Marriott
Sent:	Tuesday, April 20, 1999 2:20 PM
To:	Avi Meron; Igor Kessel
Cc:	Quattro
Subject:	Re: No Evans,,,,,,,,,,,RE: S Car antifreeze

Haudi,

>The Evans experience is a mixed bag (on this list), it works for some of
our
>listers (Igor, Gross) but it does not work for others, stay away from the
>stuff unless you ready to buy:
>A new water pump
>A new radiator
>A new timing belt (might as well put it in when you are replacing your
water
>pump)
>Towing bills (overheated car)
>And more......

I am one who unfortunately (?) didn't have any problem switching to Evans.
I did two Prestone Super flushes, followed by five pure water flushes, and
then spent two hours drying the engine/radiator/heater (compressed air,
shop vac, running the engine intermittently). The entire install took ~5
hours. I changed nothing but the coolant. I _did_ have to add a cap and
small condensate reservoir (in the rad plenum) to capture some of the
stink. This has been in the car for 7k miles, including temps of 110 dF and
0 dF, and towing in heat enough to get the oil to 145 dC. I did have to
replace the afterrun pump a few months later due to leakage, but at 10
years and 110k . . .

cu, James
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q")
'89 200q (K26, wood/8-gauge dash, torsen, aero handles, Procon10/no bag)
Boise, ID, USA     http://netnow.micron.net/~marriott