Robert, Excellent question you pose. Why buy pre-diluted? It's a matter of ease of use, fast and you don't have to buy the distilled water. I found that I'd pour in the full strength stuff and over fill and not have room for water. I guess it's similar to why do people buy things like pre-breaded chicken breasts rather than a whole chicken and then de-boning, breading and cooking? Why buy frozen bags of Broccoli rather than buying it fresh? LOL!!! It's simply just easier. Yeah, it's more expensive but when I need to fill my coolant I'd rather not have to mess around with how much I've put and then add the same amount of water. I could buy the full strength stuff, pour half into another container and then refill both with distilled water so it would be ready when I need it. But.....that's too much work to save a few bucks...at least for me. BTW, can you mix the "orange stuff" with the "green stuff"? Is it compatable, What's the difference? In another post,it was suggested that ANY leak is bad. I agree 100% but I have been warned to not over tighten. I think it is really a matter of sub-zero temps shrinking a connection just enough to let some drips through and when "normal" temps arrive, all is good. Next time the car is in for service at Robs I'll have him check the water pump and other hoses. It's done this for the past several years while in storage,but I do agree it could make me lax for looking for a bigger problem. Thanks for all your advise. Tom Watkins #05732 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "robert parker" <roberthparker@...> wrote: > > ...... #2: WHY would ANYONE buy pre-diluted anti-freeze? That said, I > wish I had thought to market it. What a money-maker! Getting 50% less > coolant for the same price as full strength! What a deal! Get the > "orange stuff" (full strength), a gallon of distilled water, and mix your > own 50-50. Goes farther, lasts longer. Drive Stainless (& cool) > Robert VIN 6924 > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/