Play in water pump shaft

[bigd1101]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Antifreeze is a good lubricant for the seal. Rusty water will eat up the seal, then the bearings.


And, that unexpected early freeze will bust the block on anyone not using antifreeze.
Just ask Bert's about how many engines he sells for that reason.

I've thought about all that......my A boiled over on 50/50 but I think I had too much fluid in the radiator and I was driving the car. The car runs around 180 at fast idle. I read where you should only have enough fluid to cover the top radiator tubes. I'm torn here, but I also don't want a cracked block, like you said, with an early freeze.

Could I run say, 20/80 or a bit more, say 30/70 with the lower numbers being anti-freeze until I know about when the freeze will hit? Would a lower mix help any early freeze? A 32 degree freeze comes around the end of Sept and a killing freeze, 20 degrees, around the middle of Oct

I have a tester that would tell me the freeze point of any mix.....