can i mix water and coolant if its the summer?

D_Train · 04-23-2007, 02:04 PM

Thanks for the tips guys! I guess i just won't be a lazy ass and i'll make it to the store for some 50/50. Nice to see another milwaukee guy!

supramacist · 04-23-2007, 03:46 PM

I meant 70% coolant. 30% water. Is this still wrong. I agree with the distilled water. There just aren't many people that take that time. I am guilty of not always doing it myself.

How can 70/30 be bad when they sell 50/50 ?? I also use high dollar antifreeze. I don't use the cheap chit main.

IHateHacks · 04-23-2007, 03:55 PM

That is what XX/XX means= Coolant%/water%.

Like I said, you don't need 70/30 unless it stays below 0 degrees F, not 0 degrees C, 0 degrees F which is -18 degrees C. Doesn't get that cold in the US. You are lowering your boiling point with 70% coolant/30% water mixture.

I only use prestone for any make/model and distilled.

supramacist · 04-23-2007, 04:24 PM

I thought I knew what I was talking about now I am just confused.

So I am mixing it too rich is what you are saying?
I have always been under the impression that it was best to use straight, no mix.

Especially in the winter.

IHateHacks · 04-23-2007, 04:32 PM

50/50 is the best mixure to use in the summer or the winter. Not 100/0 (all coolant). Not 0/100 (all water). Not 70/30. Even if it was 0 degrees F outside and you ran 100% coolant your engine would still overheat. This is not my opinion, its a proven fact.

Did you get that crank pulley off yet?

Kuban · 04-23-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IHateHacks

50/50 is the best mixure to use in the summer or the winter. Not 100/0 (all coolant). Not 0/100 (all water). Not 70/30. Even if it was 0 degrees F outside and you ran 100% coolant your engine would still overheat. This is not my opinion, its a proven fact.

Did you get that crank pulley off yet?

exactly, i described exactly why in my previous post.

supramacist · 04-23-2007, 05:42 PM

Alright good to go. 50/50 it is.

Starter in. Crank pulley off. Waiting on the correct idle tensioner pulley. I thought it looked different but wasn't sure. Car is still up on the floor jack, I'll be back in the garage tonight. lol. I guess I can let the car down.

04-23-2007, 04:32 PM	#5
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	50/50 is the best mixure to use in the summer or the winter. Not 100/0 (all coolant). Not 0/100 (all water). Not 70/30. Even if it was 0 degrees F outside and you ran 100% coolant your engine would still overheat. This is not my opinion, its a proven fact. Did you get that crank pulley off yet? Last edited by IHateHacks; 04-23-2007 at 04:36 PM.

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D_Train 3" Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 214	Thanks for the tips guys! I guess i just won't be a lazy ass and i'll make it to the store for some 50/50. Nice to see another milwaukee guy!

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supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	I meant 70% coolant. 30% water. Is this still wrong. I agree with the distilled water. There just aren't many people that take that time. I am guilty of not always doing it myself. How can 70/30 be bad when they sell 50/50 ?? I also use high dollar antifreeze. I don't use the cheap chit main.

04-23-2007, 03:55 PM	#3
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	That is what XX/XX means= Coolant%/water%. Like I said, you don't need 70/30 unless it stays below 0 degrees F, not 0 degrees C, 0 degrees F which is -18 degrees C. Doesn't get that cold in the US. You are lowering your boiling point with 70% coolant/30% water mixture. I only use prestone for any make/model and distilled.

04-23-2007, 04:24 PM	#4
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	I thought I knew what I was talking about now I am just confused. So I am mixing it too rich is what you are saying? I have always been under the impression that it was best to use straight, no mix. Especially in the winter.

04-23-2007, 05:42 PM	#7
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	Alright good to go. 50/50 it is. Starter in. Crank pulley off. Waiting on the correct idle tensioner pulley. I thought it looked different but wasn't sure. Car is still up on the floor jack, I'll be back in the garage tonight. lol. I guess I can let the car down.