Oil in the water?

[Frank O_ The Mountain]

My machinist suggested today that I put some water soluble oil like that used for machining parts into the cooling system to prevent rust from forming. Claims that a racer friend of his has been doing this for years to lube the water pump. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I failed to get the brand name from him but he said they get it at the industrial supply company. Terry

[JTPAKI@aol.com]

Terry, You can get it at NAPA. It is listed as water pump lube and is on the shelf. It is water soluble oil. It is milky white in color. Joe Potter Eugene, Oregon USA www.hometown.aol.com/capaciousmg/vasale/vamain.html http://hometown.aol.com/jtpaki/index.html In a message dated 4/30/2001 6:09:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, taterry@aol.com writes:

My machinist suggested today that I put some water soluble oil like that used for machining parts into the cooling system to prevent rust from forming. Claims that a racer friend of his has been doing this for years to lube the water pump. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I failed to get the brand name from him but he said they get it at the industrial supply company. Terry

[bobgthomas]

Hi Terry I may be wrong but I always understood that( rust prevention ) was one of the major reasons for using antifreeze here in warm climates. The other two being a lubricant for the water pump seal and better heat transfer than plain water. Also, the maintaining of these characteristics is the cause for replacing the antifreeze every 2 years. Bob Thomas -----Original Message----- From: taterry@aol.com [mailto:taterry@aol.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:08 PM To: T-ABCs_Forever Subject: [mg-tabc] Oil in the water? My machinist suggested today that I put some water soluble oil like that used for machining parts into the cooling system to prevent rust from forming. Claims that a racer friend of his has been doing this for years to lube the water pump. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I failed to get the brand name from him but he said they get it at the industrial supply company. Terry Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[C Sherriff]

Message text written by INTERNET:taterry@aol.com

>My machinist suggested today that I put some water soluble oil like that

used for machining parts into the cooling system to prevent rust from forming. Claims that a racer friend of his has been doing this for years to lube the water pump. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I failed to get the brand name from him but he said they get it at the industrial supply company. Terry

[Chip Old]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, bobgthomas wrote:

> I may be wrong but I always understood that( rust prevention ) was one > of the major reasons for using antifreeze here in warm climates. The > other two being a lubricant for the water pump seal and better heat > transfer than plain water. Also, the maintaining of these > characteristics is the cause for replacing the antifreeze every 2 > years.

That's correct. Antifreeze also raises the boiling point of the coolant, another advantage in hot climates. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, MD, USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E fold@bcpl.net

[Ray McCrary]

However, it REDUCES the rate of heat transfer........just FYI... Ray McCrary "Speed is Life; of course Luck and Altitude are helpful, too."

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Old" fold@bcpl.net> To: "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 9:30 AM Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Oil in the water? > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, bobgthomas wrote: > > > I may be wrong but I always understood that( rust prevention ) was one > > of the major reasons for using antifreeze here in warm climates. The > > other two being a lubricant for the water pump seal and better heat > > transfer than plain water. Also, the maintaining of these > > characteristics is the cause for replacing the antifreeze every 2 > > years. > > That's correct. Antifreeze also raises the boiling point of the coolant, > another advantage in hot climates. > > -- > Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 > Cub Hill, MD, USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E > fold@bcpl.net > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >