From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jun 17 2006 - 08:33:15 PDT
Why would the word "Salt" be anything to hide?
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
> Yes, of course. But this is a family-oriented forum, and some things are
From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] antifreeze
> best left to the reader's imagination.
>
> apb
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 9:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] antifreeze
>
>
> | And do you all know what the first antifreeze was?
> |
> | Sonny
> |
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Edward Greeley" <etgreeley@earthlink.net>
> | To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> | Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 12:04 AM
> | Subject: Re: [MV] antifreeze
> |
> |
> | > Excuse me for butting in, but...
> | >
> | > "Back in the day", anti-freeze certainly WAS flammable. Prior to WW-II
> and
> | > for a few years after, ethylene glycol was relatively expensive and
> | > relatively scarce. Methyl alcohol (or was it denatured ethyl alcohol?)
> was
> | > very commonly packaged and sold as automotive anti-freeze. In either
> case,
> | > the uncut alcohol certainly would burn. Many unenlightened old-timers
> | > don't understand the difference between glycol and alcohol, hence the
> | > confusion about the flammability of "anti-freeze."
> | >
> | > Among the drawbacks to the use of alcohol as anti-freeze was the fact
> that
> | > it would boil away and needed to be replenished periodically. Woe be
> unto
> | > the one who forgot to check the gravity of the alcohol-water mix
> | > anti-freeze before a cold snap. That was a common cause of busted
> blocks
> | > and/or popped core hole plugs "back in the day." Been there, done
> that.
> | >
> | > Just an olde phart who remembers...
> | >
> | > Everette wrote:
> | >> I was aware that mixed with water it would not burn, what I heard
> was
> | >> that undiluted anti-freeze would, apparently from what Dave wrote it
> is
> | >> the fumes from boiling anti-freeze will, I checked MSDS on ethylene
> | >> glycol that I have used in manufacturing and it provides instructions
> | >> dealing with spills that indicates it to be flammable...
> | >>
> | >> I suppose from a technical standpoint rum will not burn, when you
> make
> | >> Bananas Foster and sit them alight it is the alcohols in the rum that
> | >> burns.
> | >>
> | >> E
> | >>
> | >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian Burke"
> <julian@knology.net>
> | >> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> | >> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:34 PM
> | >> Subject: Re: [MV] antifreeze
> | >>
> | >>
> | >>>
> | >>> Anti freeze is not flamable-never was. Who told you that? Your
> mixture
> | >>> of kerosene was. Cars would be exploding in crashes or common
> radiator
> | >>> leaks! That's why it isn't flamable.
> | >>>
> | >>> Antifreeze was never meant to be used straight. 50/50 is the proper
> | >>> mix. You're right, straight antifreeze does not give proper
> protection.
> | >>> Think about it...................why isn't straight antifreeze
> better???
> | >>> It has to have a water content for the chemical mixture. Because
> of
> | >>> shipping is why it comes straight. You would need more mix and
> would
> | >>> then come in 5 gallon bottles. Would make it cost more too.
> | >>>
> | >>> Julian Burke
> | >>>
> | >>>
> | >>>
> | >>>
> | >>>> 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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