Engine Coolant

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Engine Coolant

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We had a cleanup at Polish Mountain that took a couple hours (and a fire truck to hose down the road) to complete. This was due to a large spill of engine coolant, so I want to remind everyone that for our events, the use of anything other than water (with the appropriate amount of water wetter) is strongly discouraged.

We simply can't have a repeat of this incident, especially at Duryea.

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Re: Engine Coolant

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I'd suggest tech inspectors looking at and feeling the coolant.
If it's not water, that car will need to have it changed before being allowed to run.
It's almost 2 weeks til our next event. Everyone has time to swap out the antifreeze/coolant.
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Re: Engine Coolant

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Just curious - what exactly was the coolant that spilled? From Rich's post, I assume it wasn't Water Wetter, which I use in the MGA. We have had antifreeze leaks in vintage racing but it wasn't that hard to clean up. Want to make sure I never buy the wrong thing.
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Re: Engine Coolant

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It was Evans Waterless Coolant

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Re: Engine Coolant

Post by Sue Salsburg »

Thanks Rich. We keep antifreeze in both cars for the winter but drain in the spring for racing. Probably a tiny bit stays in but not enough to cause a big problem.
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Re: Engine Coolant

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Sue, that's exactly the way to do it. I should add that distilled water works best.

The most popular vintage racing organization in the northeast is VRG. On their tech sheet, there's a check off line that says "no antifreeze". Only exception to that rule is for events that run on weekends when the temperature is expected to drop below freezing.

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