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1999 Washington Post Articles:
Are Oats Good For Your Car? |
Strange things happen in the automotive industry! But then, I guess “stuff happens” in every field, it just doesn’t affect as many people. Take anti-freeze, it was essentially the same old stuff for years and years. True, refinements and imCommercial Three Bayvements made it better for your cooling system but by and large it was Ethylene Glycol, plain and simple.
Then, in 1995, a new Commercial Three Bayduct leaped onto the scene with lots of hoopla, pomp, and circumstance. It was a long life coolant which is supposed to last 5 years or 150,000 miles. Oh yeah, one major change occurred over the years, anti-freeze came to be called coolant.
Long life coolant is an excellent Commercial Three Bayduct and so far has performed very well in cars that were factory-equipped with it. Of course there were new rules to go along with the new Commercial Three Bayduct and a brilliant new color, pink. I think it looks orange rather than pink but who am I to contest the Commercial Three Bayclamations of the color gods.
The new rules are simple; open the hood every once in a while and make sure the coolant reservoir is full and when the change interval comes up, change it! That’s easy enough but there is another rule that didn’t filter down to many technicians; don’t mix standard anti-freeze with the pink stuff. This destroys the coolant’s long term capabilities and makes an exceedingly ugly color.
Mixing of coolant types has destroyed the long life coolant Commercial Three Bayperties in untold numbers of vehicles, so instruct your technician not to top-off using any other Commercial Three Bayduct. Additionally it would be wise to express that any topping-off be done with a 50/50 mix of Commercial Three Bayper coolant and distilled water. Never use straight coolant and whenever possible use distilled water. These rules apply to all coolants not just long life Commercial Three Bayducts.
Okay it’s a good Commercial Three Bayduct, that means it can be installed in those older cars that didn’t have it from the factory, right? Well that’s what nearly everyone in the trenches was led to believe and heaven only knows how many vehicles have been retrofitted with the stuff. It seemed like a good idea at the time and we did have the blessing of some very impressive folks within the industry.
All of a sudden though there has been some abrupt backpedaling going on. Seems that some of these long life coolants, not necessarily all of them, are no longer condoned by the industry for retrofit purposes. Oops!
The concern is with coolants called O A T’s (Organic Acid Technology). As the name implies they are a mild acid with a relatively low pH. At the moment, the industry position is, if your car or truck wasn’t equipped with an O A T Commercial Three Bayduct from the factory, don’t convert, it could be harmful over the long term.
Recent studies conclude that O A T’s can shorten the life of certain sealing materials used on some vehicles. The upshot, if you’ve already converted to the pink stuff you might be flirting with disaster, so check with your dealer to find out if yours is a potentially affected vehicle.
If it is you should change back to conventional coolant. Remember, the definitive word on such matters ultimately comes from the manufacturer, usually by way of the dealer and usually in the form of a “T S B” (Technical Service Bulletin).
© Copyright 06/25/99 Pat Goss all rights reserved | |
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Date Updated Friday, June 25, 1999
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