<![CDATA[coolant]]>is there anything wrong with putting straight coolant in a car verses 50/50 mix..if no water source is near?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/10888/coolantRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 10:00:07 GMTFri, 08 Jun 2007 04:27:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:41:58 GMT]]>I like to save my money that I would blow on pre-mix coolant and buy something else.

1 gallon of premix = $8
1 gallon of straight anti-freeze = $7
1 gallon of water = free or $1 if you use distilled

Hmm, I can get 2 gallons for the price of 1 gallon of premix. Fuck premix.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/163129https://fargostreet.com/post/163129Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:36:31 GMT]]>well i'm super lazy and kinda like the premix shit.... it is like all you retards who buy bottled water or hell gatorade? why not go mix/ bottle it yourself?

sometimes it is nice to not have to think or put forth any sort of effort on something so easy as poring in coolent that is mixed 50/50

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killer69penguin;173467 wrote:
... and is a lot more handy to have it already mixed when you need it

doesn't take a genius to buy each part and mix it yourself and stick it in the trunk.

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killer69penguin;173467 wrote:
yes i agree with you that paying the same price seems a little rediculious, but at the same time its not like its expensive and is a lot more handy to have it already mixed when you need it

exactly. in a case like this, the convienience out weighs the cost factor a lot. Only thing reason why you would need pure antifreeze is if you have an application that requires it, or you have massive leaks to where you go through it constantly....which in that case, get the damn leak(s) fixed and stop polluting. I dont wanna be drinking your antifreeze in my tap water.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/163122https://fargostreet.com/post/163122Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:29:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:09:02 GMT]]>yes i agree with you that paying the same price seems a little rediculious, but at the same time its not like its expensive and is a lot more handy to have it already mixed when you need it

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/163053https://fargostreet.com/post/163053Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:09:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:47:45 GMT]]>Meh, I'd rather buy my 100% coolant for the same price and spend a dollar on a gallon of distilled water. Either way, pre-mix is a big fucking ripoff.

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MisterCMK;173383 wrote:
Why in the fuck would you buy it 50/50? You are paying the same price, if not more for half of the coolant mixed with water.,

your paying for 100% distilled water mixed with it, which is what is to be used in your coolant system. Although, depending on the manufacture (chrysler specifically), the coolant comes straight 100% coolant....yet Honda is 50/50 mixed.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/163051https://fargostreet.com/post/163051Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:44:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:45:47 GMT]]>Why in the fuck would you buy it 50/50? You are paying the same price, if not more for half of the coolant mixed with water.,

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162971https://fargostreet.com/post/162971Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:45:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:32:51 GMT]]>yes people should just not be cheap and buy it 50 50 to begin with in my book, but i guess if you wnat to save a few bucks do what works best for you

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162960https://fargostreet.com/post/162960Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:32:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:29:03 GMT]]>yeah thats what i thought, but i just wanted to know cuz i was in a pinch the other day where a coolant hose came off and all i had was coolant so i just did straight coolant.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162951https://fargostreet.com/post/162951Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:29:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:03:16 GMT]]>im sure the viscosity of straight coolant compared to straight water is quite a bit different. Running striahgt coolant would definitly bring your boiling point up, but who wouldwanna run that hot anyways. just buy 50/50.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162557https://fargostreet.com/post/162557Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:03:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:14:39 GMT]]>I think that i read somewhere that straight antifreeze works better for heat transfer, but is like a "racing only" brake pad. You have to get it all heated up, then drive the piss out of it, then flush the system. Oh, and it's harder on your engine for some reason.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162472https://fargostreet.com/post/162472Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:14:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:09:05 GMT]]>Antifreeze/coolant does not do it's job as well nor as efficiently when used by itself just like water doesnt do as good straight either. I'd use either alone only temporarily.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162470https://fargostreet.com/post/162470Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:09:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:46:06 GMT]]>I've seen tons of stock water pumps take a dump after long term use of 75% or more coolant mix. I would avoid if possible.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162466https://fargostreet.com/post/162466Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:46:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:30:39 GMT]]>You're fucking right. I am taking back my title.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162436https://fargostreet.com/post/162436Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:22:12 GMT]]>CMK for post whore of the night!

You also forget that adding pressure to the system raises the boiling point. 3 degrees for every PSI

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162433https://fargostreet.com/post/162433Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:22:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:11:24 GMT]]>yes i know...i am agreeing.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162422https://fargostreet.com/post/162422Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:11:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:09:16 GMT]]>All I am saying is that the extra viscosity of straight antifreeze over a 50/50 mix is never going to make a difference.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162418https://fargostreet.com/post/162418Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:09:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:07:25 GMT]]>yeah, your right...the only thing coolant is really for is to keep the temperatures lower and keep the water from boiling away

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162416https://fargostreet.com/post/162416Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:07:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:04:31 GMT]]>Its coolant we're talking about here not motor oil...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162412https://fargostreet.com/post/162412Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:04:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:01:13 GMT]]>That isn't going to make much of a difference at all

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/162409https://fargostreet.com/post/162409Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:01:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to coolant on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:00:04 GMT]]>You don't want to run all water as the boiling point is around 212 degrees. Ethylene-Glycol increases the boiling point when mixed with water. It also prevents corrosion, heat transfer and lowers the freezing point.

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