Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.netdoor.com ([208.137.128.157] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3177793 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:48:34 -0400 Received: from netdoor.com (port1080.jxn.netdoor.com [208.148.210.180]) by smtp3.netdoor.com (8.12.10/8.12.1) with ESMTP id i3J0m3Zp011790 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:48:03 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <408321C0.3040601@netdoor.com> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:48:00 -0500 From: Charlie & Tupper England Reply-To: cengland@netdoor.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: coolant/water percentage? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.31 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) David Carter wrote: >Russell, > >There are two products that I know of that provide 1) pump & seal >lubrication/protection and 2) corrosion protection: > "Water Wetter" - Motor cycle shops have it - expensive. > "John Deere Coolant Conditioner" - cheaper and does same thing - lubs & >protects. I talked to the Deere engineer for 30' on the phone and he says >it should work fine. > >Either of the above will give the same protection as antifreeze but with the >superior heat carrying capacity of pure water. I'm planning on running this >stuff (water with conditioner) during times when freezing level is up above >10 or 12 thousand feet (it's 15K here in Texas in summer), then swap out to >50/50 when cooler OAT and therefore don't need "optimum" cooling. > >David > snipped Not a lot of aluminum in tractor motors. Is the John Deere stuff spec'd as safe on aluminum?