Wow, i just wouldn't have beleved it if i hadn't read it!

Maybe i should re-thing this one

 

why would you run 100% antifreeze anyways.

most effecient mix is 50/50. too much antifreeze decreases your boiling point and increases your freezing point.

 

I have two trucks that I suspect the previous owners of filling them with straight anti-freeze; as, when I pulled an anti-freeze test on them, it pegged the hand.

I have heard numerous vehicle owners brag that they use nothing but straight anti-freeze.

I have never seen anti-freeze freeze, but I have always heard that it would.

 

NOt straight but 50/50 is too weak for the really cold. I run 65-70% anti-freeze. That covers me to about -55 or so. Even at that concentration, I won't boil over in the summer.

 

When I drive one of my trucks daily in the winter, it gets plugged into an outlet controlled by a time clock that turns the outlet on about 2 hours before I have to leave. I don't think there's any reason to leave the heater plugged in all night unless you enjoy paying a high electric bill. The heater pulls significant amperage(listed in the manual somewhere), so make sure any cords, timers, switches, etc are up to the task. Plug it into a GFCI protected outlet also. The flat block heater cords always crack right where its molded to the plug, I've seen a few that way.

 

A lot of people I know operate on the more theory,
If a little is good then MORE is better

 

I think BearKiller calls folks who would do a thing like that "gourd-heads".

 

For peak protection in cold weather, 60% is good. For summer coolant about 35% is best. Choose your poison!

 

Did you ever look in a gourd ??

Empty in there, ain't it ??