RE: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze?
My stepdad spent a little time in a garage in the Ford Model A days. He said wood alcohol was mixed in the water for the radiator but it was dangerous. If you looked in the radiator when it was hot you would get a facefull of methyl alcohol vapor. He said this could ruin your eyes. As to it being true, he believed it. Seems a little wild to me but I don't know. Maybe a handbook on industrial chemicals would say something. K -Original Message- From: beeteljeuse beelzebub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 4:04 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze? >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze? >Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 02:38:40 +0900 > > > Greetings to everyone: > > It seems to me that before the advent of modern antifreeze, people > >used alcohol in the cars to keep them from freezing in the winter, (I >swear I > >read that somewhere but can't remember where). Has anyone else ever heard >of > >this? Is it possible? Can a person make their own antifreeze in the same >way > >as making fuel for their automobile? > > Thanks for the input and guidance, > > Fischmann > Ive never tried this,and it sounds dodgy, but an old (80+) bloke I met used a mixture of three parts alcohol to one part kerosene, and added about a litre to an old ford V8(302 clevland) no idea how it would go in really cold weather, but it did fine in australia. -B.A. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/2001 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/2001 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze?
>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze? >Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 02:38:40 +0900 > > > Greetings to everyone: > > It seems to me that before the advent of modern antifreeze, people > >used alcohol in the cars to keep them from freezing in the winter, (I >swear I > >read that somewhere but can't remember where). Has anyone else ever heard >of > >this? Is it possible? Can a person make their own antifreeze in the same >way > >as making fuel for their automobile? > > Thanks for the input and guidance, > > Fischmann > Ive never tried this,and it sounds dodgy, but an old (80+) bloke I met used a mixture of three parts alcohol to one part kerosene, and added about a litre to an old ford V8(302 clevland) no idea how it would go in really cold weather, but it did fine in australia. -B.A. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze?
Methyl(wood) alcohol and looking into a hot radiator with the cap off was a no no. The vapors would get your eyes I was told. Kirk -Original Message- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:39 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze? > Greetings to everyone: > It seems to me that before the advent of modern antifreeze, people >used alcohol in the cars to keep them from freezing in the winter, (I swear I >read that somewhere but can't remember where). Has anyone else ever heard of >this? Is it possible? Can a person make their own antifreeze in the same way >as making fuel for their automobile? > Thanks for the input and guidance, > Fischmann I'm sure you're right, rings bells - it does have a low freezing point. You might have to use quite a lot though to get the overall freezing point down low enough. Also glycerine's been suggested as an anti-freeze. But I guess it has to be purified first. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/2001 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/2001 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze?
> Greetings to everyone: > It seems to me that before the advent of modern antifreeze, people >used alcohol in the cars to keep them from freezing in the winter, (I swear I >read that somewhere but can't remember where). Has anyone else ever heard of >this? Is it possible? Can a person make their own antifreeze in the same way >as making fuel for their automobile? > Thanks for the input and guidance, > Fischmann I'm sure you're right, rings bells - it does have a low freezing point. You might have to use quite a lot though to get the overall freezing point down low enough. Also glycerine's been suggested as an anti-freeze. But I guess it has to be purified first. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Alcohol as an antifreeze?
Greetings to everyone: It seems to me that before the advent of modern antifreeze, people used alcohol in the cars to keep them from freezing in the winter, (I swear I read that somewhere but can't remember where). Has anyone else ever heard of this? Is it possible? Can a person make their own antifreeze in the same way as making fuel for their automobile? Thanks for the input and guidance, Fischmann [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
