From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2006 - 15:21:23 PDT
I think what Dave wrote about the fumes from boilng anti-freeze is where
what I heard originated - I had also noticed there is no warning label about
flammable on container, that is what prompted my question - as to the water,
detergent, kersone mixture that my buddies and I used, it was very hard on
hoses and several times hoses would rupture and spray mixture over everthing
under hood - most damaging was when it wet distributor and shorted out spark
plugs - worst cars for this were 37/38/39 (maybe others) with V8 engine that
had two distributor caps - maybe we were ahead of our times for a few times
only one car would get wet and not fire which meant you were trying to drive
on only 4 cylinders - all on same side of V8
E
----- Original Message -----
From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
To: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] antifreeze
>I don't think that any of it is flammable. It would have a warning on the
>bottle if it was.
>
> Also, there is an old techique I have heard of on how to get rid of old
> antifreeze. If you have a wood burning stove or similar, then you put the
> antifreeze into a can coffee can or similar and put it inside of the
> stove. The heat drives off the water, then the coolant boils and the
> vapor of the coolant apparently will burn. The coolant is gone with no
> EPA compliant disposal problems.
>
> I've never heard of using kero, water and soap but it makes some sense.
>
> Some of the really old farm tractors used to use oil as an engine
> coolant - Rumley Oil Pulls (made in Laporte, IN) used that technique and
> probably others.
>
> Dave
>
> Everette wrote:
>> How much fluid in CUCV Radiator
>>
>> I have been told that the old familiar anti-freeze as it comes out of
>> bottle is flammable - never tried it - has anyone heard this, and what
>> about new stuff is it flammable?
>>
>> And while on subject - straight anti-freeze does not give same protection
>> from low temperature as 50/50 mix, it will freeze at a higher temp than
>> mix will. - so I have heard, never tried it.
>>
>> Back many years ago my buddies and I could not afford antifreeze - we
>> used 2/3 kerosene, 1/3 water and hand full of detergent - detergent kept
>> mixture mixed, at least we thought it did. Never had a freeze up.
>>
>> E
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