Wild one
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Ran into a new one i've never heard of before today.
Was at the gas station today with our 300,which i'd just changed thermostats in last night.I spilled a bit of anti-freeze onto the plastic pan under the engine,last night,and i was on my way to the carwash to hose the engine down and wash out the pan.The car still had enough spilled anti-freeze to drip at the gas station,and an older guy,i'd guess in his early 80's noticed,and said the car was leaking,i told him,i'd spilled a bit of anti-freeze last night,and was on my way to wash it out. He then brought up the point of adding a couple ounces of vinegar to the cooling system,said he'd been doing it for 60+ years,and had never had to replace a heater core /rad or head gasket in all those years of adding vinegar to the cooling system.
I immediately thought he was crazy (didn't say it out loud though,lol),but the more i thought about it while washing the car,the more i started to wonder if maybe he was onto something.
I'm a bit leary of adding an acid to the cooling system,but i wonder if an ounce or 2 of vinegar is actually enough to do any harm,and would it actually help to keep corrosion at bay in the cooling system.
What do you guys think
Was at the gas station today with our 300,which i'd just changed thermostats in last night.I spilled a bit of anti-freeze onto the plastic pan under the engine,last night,and i was on my way to the carwash to hose the engine down and wash out the pan.The car still had enough spilled anti-freeze to drip at the gas station,and an older guy,i'd guess in his early 80's noticed,and said the car was leaking,i told him,i'd spilled a bit of anti-freeze last night,and was on my way to wash it out. He then brought up the point of adding a couple ounces of vinegar to the cooling system,said he'd been doing it for 60+ years,and had never had to replace a heater core /rad or head gasket in all those years of adding vinegar to the cooling system.
I immediately thought he was crazy (didn't say it out loud though,lol),but the more i thought about it while washing the car,the more i started to wonder if maybe he was onto something.
I'm a bit leary of adding an acid to the cooling system,but i wonder if an ounce or 2 of vinegar is actually enough to do any harm,and would it actually help to keep corrosion at bay in the cooling system.
What do you guys think