antifreeze?

[FrankWest]

Any good sources for Antifreeze-Coolant Propylene Glycol
Seems harder and harder to find.
Should I just use everyday antifreeze? Or does that really corrode the bearings?

 

[qmdv]

Walmart has the Propylene Glycol (the green stuff). Well at least for now. It may be totally outlawed in the future depending on who will be running things.

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

Walmart has the Propylene Glycol (the green stuff). Well at least for now. It may be totally outlawed in the future depending on who will be running things.

I bought some at our closest Walmart a few weeks ago.

 

[30aadoodlebug]

QMDV,

I live in Massachusetts, and that post resonates a little too close to home. Went to the local Wally's a few months ago, and was shocked to pay $20.00 for two gallons of antifreeze. State DEP put a new tax on it. Thanks Granny Warren!

 

[Roger W Gerow]

A little off topic but, does antifreeze have a shelf life? I have a couple of gallons that have been sitting on shelf for several years.

 

[1931 flamingo]

$20 for TWO gallons is CHEAP ! ! Be Happy !
Paul in CT

 

[FrankWest]

the sierra antifreez sells for 25 dollars a gallon.

 

[50fordcoupeman]

A little off topic but, does antifreeze have a shelf life? I have a couple of gallons that have been sitting on shelf for several years.

I dont believe it has a shelf life but you can always test it before you use to make sure.

 

[Ford Freak]

$20 for TWO gallons is CHEAP ! ! Be Happy !
Paul in CT

Yep , I sure would be !! Now , back to the OP 's question ...Will the yellow -ish stuff be ok , or do we need the green stuff in our flatty's ? - F F

 

[marko39]

$20 for TWO gallons is CHEAP ! ! Be Happy !
Paul in CT

Unless it's the 50/50 in which case you are buying water.

 

[FrankWest]

In a 1933 model B or a 1933 v8 engine are 5 gallons proper coolant fill? or should 4.5 gallons be used because over overfill/runnoff?

 

[50fordcoupeman]

Here it is $10.89 a gallon concentrated so 50-50 mix makes it $5.45 a gallon usable.

 

[cas3]

antifreeze actually does have a shelf life...sorta, in the big trucks they test it with some paper strips of some sort because it will get corrosive after 5 years or so. not sure if its from all the heating and cooling cycles, or a real shelf life.

 

[5851a]

They have so many kinds on the shelf I'm about ready to go back to alcohol. 4 cars in garage, 3 of them Fords and 4 different requirements for antifreeze. Then you go to buy some and they sell gallons of "works in everything".

 

[FlatheadTed]

delet

 

[Roger/Sacramento]

Distilled water is $0.88/gal. here. That is what I use.

 

[RalphG]

It is a bit confusing with how many colours of anti freeze there are now. Besides the old green, I have some red, some yellow. Some recommended for diesel engines. On light duty gas engines I've been using "recycled" anti freeze that I have changed out of my diesel engines. Left to settle and filtered several times it looks pretty good and still tests food for our severe cold winters.

 

[54vicky]

antifreeze actually does have a shelf life...sorta, in the big trucks they test it with some paper strips of some sort because it will get corrosive after 5 years or so. not sure if its from all the heating and cooling cycles, or a real shelf life.

just an aside the strips mentioned can be purchased at a swimming pool supply store.they are used to check pool PH works for anti freeze as well

 

[JT FORD]

I bought a gal. from NAPA this summer,cost around $25/00

 

[T Scott]

Regarding shelf life, I'm not sure about the anti corrosion properties but I recently drained the antifreeze out of a boat engine that was winterized 20 years ago. It was clean, still bright green and tested at -50F.