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From: daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: hot engine
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Date: Sat, 23-Mar-85 11:06:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 23 11:06:45 1985
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> >> 
> >	Good idea! But I'd also like to point out that the anti-freeeze also
> >lubricates the water pump. You'd be amazed how fast the bearing and/or seal
> >deteriorate with plain water.
> 
> How about water with some anti-corrosion product added (eg the Dupont anti-rust
> stuff)?  If you are not in an area where freezing is a problem but rather high
> temps, can you get away with water and anti-rust?  I have friends who say,
> "I don't want that gunk [anti-freeze] clogging up my radiator."  They've never
> mentioned lubricating the water pump.

	I still say use "anti-freeze." It raises the boiling point of
the mixture in the cooling system.

					Doug Williams
					AT&T Bell Labs
					Reading, PA
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