[Public-List] ...a small victory

[Gordon Laco]

Hello… I’ve left anti-freeze in the engine.  When checking that it displaced the water, I close up again after only a dribble comes out… just enough to see that it’s pink.

Gord
www.gordonlaco.com <http://www.gordonlaco.com/>




> On Dec 3, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Michael Connolly <crufone at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Gord,
> I was wondering if you refilled with anti-freeze or just left dry.
> Michael C
>> On December 3, 2018 at 8:55 AM Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> Good morning Michael - 
>> 
>> Because things actually freeze up during winter here, that shortens the amount of time corrosion can happen… and of course once I drain water from the engine I replace it with anti-freeze, which is a non-corrosion promoting liquid.    And of course being on the Great Lakes, we deal with fresh water, which is also quite non-corrosive, at least when compared with salt water.   We don’t need closed cooling here.
>> 
>> So basically, winters that freeze, and fresh water, mean our engines have easier lives here.  I know that likely reads strangely and perhaps counter-intuitively.
>> 
>> Gordon Laco
>> #426 Surprise
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>>> On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:49 AM, Michael via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>>> You have way more extreme weather than I Mid Chesapeake Bay, and your routine seems to mostly work well for you. I wonder, though, if draining the water jacket (and not having a rust inhibiting anti freeze) accelerates internal corrosion.
>>> Checkmate's original A4 died...poorly. Head stud bolts pulling out of badly rusted block (several times, it's amazing how oversized the studs can be and still work on the A4), warped head, etc. The engine was badly abused in her long life of being brackish water cooled.
>>> 
>>> Michael Grosh
>>> #220
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