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Subject: Re: Mike Author: Spredvan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:06:09 11/20/03 Thu Author Host/IP: 12-230-34-147.client.attbi.com/12.230.34.147 In reply to: denise 's message, "Mike" on 06:06:24 11/20/03 Thu Hi Denise; Thanks for the compliment in your next post, but my knowledge is limited to what I've learned over the years of maintaining my family vehicles. The chemicals in antifreeze serve to protect your engine from overheating in the summer, and freezing in the winter. It also protects the inner surfaces of the system against corrosion. Most manufacturers reccommend a 50/50% concentration of antifreeze to water, including Honda. (Up to 70/30% in extreme cold climates.) Never over 70%. Other than prevent freezing in the winter, the purpose of coolant is to remove heat from the engine during operation. Friction from all the rapidly moving parts creates heat, which must be removed. Water transfers heat much better than pure antifreeze, therefore, if pure antifreeze was used, less heat would be removed from the engine and overheating would result. For your situation...if you lost the coolant from a bad hose, it's hard to tell how much coolant escaped. It could be more than just the content of the radiator. Since the radaitor holds about 1/2 of the total, if only the radiator was filled with pure coolant, the ratio would be about 75/25%. But it is quite likely the system expelled most of the coolant during the failure. If you know exactly how much pure antifreeze was added, you can calculate the concentration. I think it would be nest to have your system drained and flushed. It's good preventative maintenance, and should be performed every 2 years anyway. Just to be cautious though, there could be another problem. If so, I'd suspect that the cooling fan was not operating. Wish I could be more helpful. Good luck... Mike [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Mike Denise 13:46:00 11/20/03 Thu Re: Mike -- Glen, 05:30:29 11/21/03 Fri car is fixed (I hope) -- denise, 20:13:03 11/21/03 Fri Great news, Denise : ) Thanks, Glen! -- Spredvan, 23:00:59 11/23/03 Sun