Coolant vs Anti-Freeze

Bink · Post by **Bink** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:10 pm

folks,

Was told today that there is no problem to use normal anti-freeze instead of 'specialised' coolant. Any thoughts?

Was planning to do this job last year but it got a bit delayed

EGG · Post by **EGG** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:51 pm

Bink am i being thick or what is the difference? I thought they was one and the same thing!

Bink · Post by **Bink** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:21 am

I have no idea

hence the reason for asking!

My thought was that Anti-Freeze (as per the name) protects against cold.
Coolant (as per the name) cools/protects against heat...
Obviously this logic doesn't apply to anti-freeze / coolant?
If there are the same ... then why are they being sold as seperate products by the likes of Halfords...? Does not make sense to me.

Anyway, I take it that as you said they are the same thing.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:44 am

Errr
Not pretending I have any real knowledge or anything but I thought products like "Pro cool" were just ready mixed products???
ie anti-freeze and ionised water

Pete.l

Max · Post by **Max** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:52 am

I bet the premixed one with the trendy name costs a lot more than the other........

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:59 am

All the same stuff mate,

It's just a mix of water and glycol (75%-25%), the ready mix stuff is just there for convenience so you don't have to tw@ about getting the mix right.

Got barrels of it at work for use in chilled water systems etc, very handy!!