[DML] Re: Coolant color purple - what is it?

["kaffinekrazed" <kaffine@xxxxxxx>]

The coolant used by Detroit Diesel is purple in color.  


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> I started on the restoration of the car I bought a couple of weeks 
> ago in SC = #2466. This car has been driven 4000 miles since 1985. 
It 
> was last started in 1999 or so. The fuel was definitely on its way 
to 
> becoming paint thinner. Today's project was flushing the tar out 
of 
> the gas tank, and draining the cooling system. The cooling system 
is 
> what amazed me. 
> 
> The coolant came out a grayish purple. I have not seen that color 
in 
> coolant before. What really amazed me was how clean and nice the 
> pipes were inside, the best I've ever seen on a long-term-stored, 
and 
> even many driven, cars. 
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what this stuff is? It is not the blue 
BMW 
> type, it was more the color of thin grape juice. I'd really like 
to 
> use it in the future if I can figure out what it is. 
> 
> Dave S.




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