smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) (11/13/85)
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh
> Does anyone know if it's OK to mix different brands of antifreeze?
I recently used a case each of Prestone, Dow, and Texaco. A week later
I dumped the last few drops from each container into one container.
Now I have about a pint of this mixture. It has grease like stuff
floating on top and the various colors (red, green, and blue) did
not mix, they just form sort of a muddy streaked color. I would
say that they are not compatible. Fortunately, I just used it in
a lawn roller and should not have to worry about anything but corrosion
resistance. I wouldn't want it in a car.marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough) (11/14/85)
In article <313@mhuxl.UUCP> smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) writes: >**** **** >From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > >> Does anyone know if it's OK to mix different brands of antifreeze? > >I recently used a case each of Prestone, Dow, and Texaco. A week later >I dumped the last few drops from each container into one container. >Now I have about a pint of this mixture. It has grease like stuff >floating on top and the various colors (red, green, and blue) did >not mix, they just form sort of a muddy streaked color. I would >say that they are not compatible. Fortunately, I just used it in >a lawn roller and should not have to worry about anything but corrosion >resistance. I wouldn't want it in a car. I don't think it will hurt anything to mix them. And probably the grease stuff that you refer to is probably engine oil which indicates a leaky head gasket. That should concern you much more..... Bill Landsborough
smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) (11/18/85)
From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > >I recently used a case each of Prestone, Dow, and Texaco. A week later > >I dumped the last few drops from each container into one container. > >Now I have about a pint of this mixture. It has grease like stuff > >floating on top and the various colors (red, green, and blue) did > >not mix, they just form sort of a muddy streaked color. I would > >say that they are not compatible. Fortunately, I just used it in > >a lawn roller and should not have to worry about anything but corrosion > >resistance. I wouldn't want it in a car. > I don't think it will hurt anything to mix them. And probably the grease > stuff that you refer to is probably engine oil which indicates a leaky > head gasket. That should concern you much more..... Sorry, my lawn roller is just a tank and does't have a head or a tail. The gease was noticed on a mixture of virgin antifreeze that was obtained from the few drops that was left in each container. The grease might have been auto-transmission fluid since I did use a funnel that had been used for AT fluid several months before and had only been wiped out with a paper towel. Still the mix looks very non uniform compared to the nice translucent appearance of the original mixes.
bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Pete Bellas) (11/19/85)
In article <2903@vax4.fluke.UUCP> marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough) writes: >In article <313@mhuxl.UUCP> smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) writes: >>**** **** >>From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh >> >>> Does anyone know if it's OK to mix different brands of antifreeze? >> >>I recently used a case each of Prestone, Dow, and Texaco. A week later >>I dumped the last few drops from each container into one container. >>Now I have about a pint of this mixture. It has grease like stuff >>floating on top and the various colors (red, green, and blue) did >>not mix, they just form sort of a muddy streaked color. > >I don't think it will hurt anything to mix them. And probably the grease >stuff that you refer to is probably engine oil which indicates a leaky >head gasket. That should concern you much more..... > >Bill Landsborough Excuse me if I'm wrong, but it seems to say that he mixed them from their original caontainers into a second container, they were never placed in an engine (hence the substance was not engine oil from a blown head gasket). If there is a compatibility problem I would like to know, as I usually use several different kinds of antifreeze (which ever is available at the time). -Pete-