LouNY
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2015
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- Greenwich, NY
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- Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
I don't know about that I was taught many years (60's) ago to go 60% antifreeze. One of the reasons I was taught to try for 60% was that before recovery bottles to many people would see a low radiator and if a mixed jug of antifreeze wasn't handy they would top of with water. It doesn't take long of that till your protection is nill. One of the jobs that never seemed to get done on nice days was the check of radiators for the winter, had to be a cold sour day when it was time to get out the gauge and the jugs of antifreeze and start checking and topping of every thing. It always seemed like what ever needed some drained and refilled was going to be the hardest starting engine.I wonder if changes in anti-freeze formulas are behind the confusing labels these days. As a kid in a garage decades ago, I vividly remember the anti-freeze mix ratio of 50-50 as the optimum protection and read the chart many, many times.
The only thing that could have changed between then and now is product formulation?