Re: antifreeze question

[jtrealty@xxxx]

You should never run your cooling system with anything more than a 
50/50 mixture of anti-freeze and soft water. Any other mixture will 
give you a lower boiling point and a higher freezing point. If your 
car has less than a 50/50 mixture it is OK to put some anti-freeze in 
but normally you should just cut it in half and top off. If you have a 
drip you have a leak that must be attended to. It might be as simple 
as tightening a hose clamp or it could be a warning that one of the 
plastic end tanks is about to blow off! You cannot afford to ignore 
ANY leak even minor ones. Remember that the system is pressureized up 
to 15 psi and while that may not sound like much you would be 
impressed if a hose broke off and the coolant flashed into steam! Last 
summer on the Rhode Island Rally one of the cars blew off a radiater 
tank and it looked for a second like the car was on fire, it was 
enveloped in a cloud of steam and there was nothing we could do to 
help him. He had to wait till Rob Grady got home to send him a new 
radiater. It is much better to fix your car in your garage than on the 
road!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757