excellent information;
BTW
do you know where does the BMW coolant type 87 sits in your list ?
Coolant adequate for copper radiator and M30 aluminium head engines
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excellent information;
BTW
do you know where does the BMW coolant type 87 sits in your list ?
this valvoline is HOAT and can be used in Si-OAT aplications
another interesting product, as it is G11 declared and a good product brand is HEPU:
and finally a FEBI
Cool video.
Short story, blue is better, slightly higher boiling point. I may drink some to increase mine...
Done....
used bmw 87
mixed at 50% distilled water
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there are few colours for these caps, but as you have not posted a photo i can not tell by the colour
usually a number on it 1.0 BAR means the max pressure; that one is ok
if you take the cap loose with engine warm you are probably not familiar with combustion engines, or you father didnt trained you properly
that is one of the most dangerous things to do in a car, together with filling petrol at night armed with a ligther to aim well to the filling neck
if you did that with engine cold, then you might have a problem
in my experience, a good working engine will increase pressure up to 0,5 or 0,8 bar, and maintain while hot
after stoping engine pressure decreases slowly, and aproximately in an hour returns to zero
the coolant system works at pressure to benefit from higher boiling temps, excessive pressure may mean cyl head damage, low pressure might mean water pump failure
the cap is designed to deal with presure and keep it below 1BAR, if pressure goes higher than that the cap will handle it and throw away coolant
used bmw 87
mixed at 50% distilled water
;;;_______________________
there are few colours for these caps, but as you have not posted a photo i can not tell by the colour
usually a number on it 1.0 BAR means the max pressure; that one is ok
if you take the cap loose with engine warm you are probably not familiar with combustion engines, or you father didnt trained you properly
that is one of the most dangerous things to do in a car, together with filling petrol at night armed with a ligther to aim well to the filling neck
if you did that with engine cold, then you might have a problem
in my experience, a good working engine will increase pressure up to 0,5 or 0,8 bar, and maintain while hot
after stoping engine pressure decreases slowly, and aproximately in an hour returns to zero
the coolant system works at pressure to benefit from higher boiling temps, excessive pressure may mean cyl head damage, low pressure might mean water pump failure
the cap is designed to deal with presure and keep it below 1BAR, if pressure goes higher than that the cap will handle it and throw away coolant
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otter74
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Well, that's a lot of stuff I didn't know. My E12 came to me with modern blue coolant in it.
The safety-kleen most violated states:
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The idea of 6 years between coolant changes is very appealing.
John
- Recommended for heavy duty diesel applications for 3 years/300K miles or 6 years/600K miles with the addition of an extender.
And
- Prevents corrosion of aluminum, brass, cast iron, copper, solder and steel
- Provides excellent high-temperature aluminum protection
- Does not contain Amine, Phosphate and Silicate
The idea of 6 years between coolant changes is very appealing.
John