What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
#5461
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I would have to search where I found it, but I did find an industry document that said that it does not freeze solid and science tells us that it would contract, not expand, you know, like water does. I may be wrong, but it is this expansion of freezing water that does the most damage. ..Mark
Edit: Here is a thread on that question. it was during the dark days (for me) of the antifreeze wars:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...chance-308015/ Edit #2 I just re-read this thread, boy how times have changed, I especially like the part where NJTman says that he's not gonna' do it, Bwaaaaaa ...
Edit: Here is a thread on that question. it was during the dark days (for me) of the antifreeze wars:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...chance-308015/ Edit #2 I just re-read this thread, boy how times have changed, I especially like the part where NJTman says that he's not gonna' do it, Bwaaaaaa ...
#5462
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I would have to search where I found it, but I did find an industry document that said that it does not freeze solid and science tells us that it would contract, not expand, you know, like water does. I may be wrong, but it is this expansion of freezing water that does the most damage. ..Mark
Edit: Here is a thread on that question. it was during the dark days (for me) of the antifreeze wars:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...chance-308015/ Edit #2 I just re-read this thread, boy how times have changed, I especially like the part where NJTman says that he's not gonna' do it, Bwaaaaaa ...
Edit: Here is a thread on that question. it was during the dark days (for me) of the antifreeze wars:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...chance-308015/ Edit #2 I just re-read this thread, boy how times have changed, I especially like the part where NJTman says that he's not gonna' do it, Bwaaaaaa ...
I think you're right about it not expanding when freezing. Does it just jell up when it freezes? If so it would liquify pretty quickly in the block. In the radiator is a different story though so I just don't know. Personally I tend to stay out of cold places. I just don't like the cold or slip-sliding away on ice.
Edwin
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#5463
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First, if you're in cold weather you should plug in your block heater.
I think you're right about it not expanding when freezing. Does it just jell up when it freezes? If so it would liquify pretty quickly in the block. In the radiator is a different story though so I just don't know. Personally I tend to stay out of cold places. I just don't like the cold or slip-sliding away on ice.
Edwin
I think you're right about it not expanding when freezing. Does it just jell up when it freezes? If so it would liquify pretty quickly in the block. In the radiator is a different story though so I just don't know. Personally I tend to stay out of cold places. I just don't like the cold or slip-sliding away on ice.
Edwin
Edit: here are the things that expand when frozen:
Other substances that expand on freezing are silicon, gallium, germanium, antimony, bismuth, plutonium and also chemical compounds that form spacious crystal lattices with tetrahedral coordination. EDIT:The same paragraph says silicon dioxide also exhibits this property...
#5464
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I said that exact thing in an earlier battle of the antifreeze wars. The good thing is that we destroyed the empire's death star ...Mark
Edit: here are the things that expand when frozen:
Other substances that expand on freezing are silicon, gallium, germanium, antimony, bismuth, plutonium and also chemical compounds that form spacious crystal lattices with tetrahedral coordination. EDIT:The same paragraph says silicon dioxide also exhibits this property...
Edit: here are the things that expand when frozen:
Other substances that expand on freezing are silicon, gallium, germanium, antimony, bismuth, plutonium and also chemical compounds that form spacious crystal lattices with tetrahedral coordination. EDIT:The same paragraph says silicon dioxide also exhibits this property...
Chemistry is just my hobby...
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This is true. It also boils sooner than a mix. Here's the wikipedia article that tells everything you never wanted to know about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol
Edwin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol
Edwin
Ethylene glycol disrupts hydrogen bonding when dissolved in water. Pure ethylene glycol freezes at about −12 °C (10.4 °F), but when mixed with water, the mixture does not readily crystallize, and therefore the freezing point of the mixture is depressed. Specifically, a mixture of 60% ethylene glycol and 40% water freezes at −45 °C (−49 °F).[3] Diethylene glycol behaves similarly.
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https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...-280120/page3/ ...Mark
Edit: Here is the saga of the battle of antifreezing. It regales us with the story of antifreezing, there were no casualties, except a few sensibilities:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ourney-267198/
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Well, this isn't good for us northern guys
Ethylene glycol disrupts hydrogen bonding when dissolved in water. Pure ethylene glycol freezes at about −12 °C (10.4 °F), but when mixed with water, the mixture does not readily crystallize, and therefore the freezing point of the mixture is depressed. Specifically, a mixture of 60% ethylene glycol and 40% water freezes at −45 °C (−49 °F).[3] Diethylene glycol behaves similarly.
Ethylene glycol disrupts hydrogen bonding when dissolved in water. Pure ethylene glycol freezes at about −12 °C (10.4 °F), but when mixed with water, the mixture does not readily crystallize, and therefore the freezing point of the mixture is depressed. Specifically, a mixture of 60% ethylene glycol and 40% water freezes at −45 °C (−49 °F).[3] Diethylene glycol behaves similarly.
Edit: This PDF explains that there is some water in ethylene glycol:
https://www.awt.org/pub/01438914-BCF...F-6A6D8C6A0221
#5468
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This PDF explains that there is some water in ethylene glycol: https://www.awt.org/pub/01438914-BCF...F-6A6D8C6A0221
Ethylene Glycol % => Freezing Temp
33% => 0°F
56% => -50°F
100% => +9°F
Wonder what the curve looks like between 56% and 100%? That is, what is the optimum percentage for ethylene glycol to provide maximum freeze protection and how low is the temperature protection at said percentage?
Thanks for posting.
#5469
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Mark, that's an interesting chart:
Ethylene Glycol % = Freezing Temp
33% = 0°F
56% = -50°F
0% = +9°F
Wonder what the curve looks like between 56% and 0%? That is, what is the optimum percentage for ethylene glycol to provide maximum freeze protection and how low is the temperature at said percentage?
Thanks for posting.
Ethylene Glycol % = Freezing Temp
33% = 0°F
56% = -50°F
0% = +9°F
Wonder what the curve looks like between 56% and 0%? That is, what is the optimum percentage for ethylene glycol to provide maximum freeze protection and how low is the temperature at said percentage?
Thanks for posting.
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Note that I just edited my previous post to correct numerical errors.
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You're welcome. A lot of the scientific stuff is above my pay grade. What I would like to see, is someone living in an area that is dropping below 0 right now, put a gallon of antifreeze out in the cold overnight, to see with my non-scientific eyes, what happens. I was running a little while ago and was thinking about putting a gallon in a -30 degree cold storage facility a few miles from my house. I will even pay for the antifreeze if anyone in the cold would like to humor me. Bear killer posted a few times about this, but I need to go back and read it. What I am real happy about is the civil conversation that we are having, I still have battle scars from the a antifreeze wars ...Mark
Looked normal to me.
So, that being said, if we / when we have a cold night, I will be doing exactly that. Putting a jug of antifreeze outside, in a clear container, to see just what happens. If it's going to be 20*F or less, I automatically plug in the truck, and it's nice and toasty when I start it up. Again, this isn't in the radiator, but the upper hose is noticeably warm when I pop the hood in the AM.
You don't owe me anything, other than taking a few photographs of Trumps new wall when you go past it. I'd like to see what my tax dollars are being spent on, and you're the only one I (sort of) know down there.
I'm really doing it for me.
Besides, I don't take pesos
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Well, I woke up today, and it was 15*F. I plugged the truck in as I wasn't driving it anywhere, but before I did, I popped the radiator cap, and the reservoir cap, and looked at the green stuff inside.
Looked normal to me.
So, that being said, if we / when we have a cold night, I will be doing exactly that. Putting a jug of antifreeze outside, in a clear container, to see just what happens. If it's going to be 20*F or less, I automatically plug in the truck, and it's nice and toasty when I start it up. Again, this isn't in the radiator, but the upper hose is noticeably warm when I pop the hood in the AM.
You don't owe me anything, other than taking a few photographs of Trumps new wall when you go past it. I'd like to see what my tax dollars are being spent on, and you're the only one I (sort of) know down there.
I'm really doing it for me.
Besides, I don't take pesos
Looked normal to me.
So, that being said, if we / when we have a cold night, I will be doing exactly that. Putting a jug of antifreeze outside, in a clear container, to see just what happens. If it's going to be 20*F or less, I automatically plug in the truck, and it's nice and toasty when I start it up. Again, this isn't in the radiator, but the upper hose is noticeably warm when I pop the hood in the AM.
You don't owe me anything, other than taking a few photographs of Trumps new wall when you go past it. I'd like to see what my tax dollars are being spent on, and you're the only one I (sort of) know down there.
I'm really doing it for me.
Besides, I don't take pesos
#5473
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I owned a cabin near Pagosa Springs Colorado for 15 years, I was an avid skier, then snow boarder. My lot had a 6 foot freeze line for the plumbing from the well pump. Every vehicle that I took up there had pure antifreeze in it. Whether it ever froze, I couldn't tell you, but, If it did I was never aware of it. I did, however, have to take my battery inside over night, or I wasn't going skiing...Mark
Edit: This PDF explains that there is some water in ethylene glycol:
https://www.awt.org/pub/01438914-BCF...F-6A6D8C6A0221
Edit: This PDF explains that there is some water in ethylene glycol:
https://www.awt.org/pub/01438914-BCF...F-6A6D8C6A0221
Is there such a thing as a radiator heater for this situation? Would a circulating heater alleviate this potential problem?
At any rate I plan to go to 100% after I get back from Tucson next week. Here in SoCal I don't see temps getting down to 10F anytime soon if ever.
I still need to know if there is a way to get all of the old coolant out of the block. Are there drain plugs in the block?
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Although the article didn't specifically spell out the characteristics of 100% EG, my takeaway is that the freezing point is when the solution begins to crystallize. So if EG just begins to crystallize at 10F then it is still pumpable. As soon as you start the engine it will quickly heat up and become fully pumpable. What would happen at the thermostat? Being that there is only a small hole to allow flow when it is closed would the hole plug up and not allow the thermostat to open?
Is there such a thing as a radiator heater for this situation? Would a circulating heater alleviate this potential problem?
At any rate I plan to go to 100% after I get back from Tucson next week. Here in SoCal I don't see temps getting down to 10F anytime soon if ever.
I still need to know if there is a way to get all of the old coolant out of the block. Are there drain plugs in the block?
Is there such a thing as a radiator heater for this situation? Would a circulating heater alleviate this potential problem?
At any rate I plan to go to 100% after I get back from Tucson next week. Here in SoCal I don't see temps getting down to 10F anytime soon if ever.
I still need to know if there is a way to get all of the old coolant out of the block. Are there drain plugs in the block?
I can't seem to get a link to work, so:
Operates on compressed air to create a powerful venturi vacuum for draining fluids from tanks and reservoirs.
Compressed air hose attaches at base for stability. Includes accessories for draining engine oil or transmission fluid directly through the dipstick tubes.
Also includes brake/clutch bleeding kit (Model No. 07205) for vacuum bleeding hydraulic brake and clutch systems.
Mityvac Fluid Evacuator / Pump Review - YouTube
it is the MV7300 that I have, second one down on the page, very handy.
I don't know exactly what they are called, but there is a type of engine heater that goes onto a radiator hose and uses convection to circulate the coolant. Wait, maybe it's a convection heater . It might be a pain, but you could take out an easily accessible freeze plug and get it all out...Mark
Edit: here is one, I don't know how well they work: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/z...200003/4871358
#5475
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I left a gallon jug of 100% antifreeze on the back shop step to run as a test and I will tuck Poncho back in the heated shop where it is warm until further research is done.