What ot do with Engine Coolant antifreeze
DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998 Posts: 2707 NorthWest NJ Pics |
2005-05-20 111310
I have to admit that for years I have sorta neglected changing coolant on my cars letting them go for up to seven years before selling the car. I also founde in years gone by that when I changed it somehow the system seemed to get mucked up perhaps due to the water that was added to the coolant.
Anyway, I am thinking of keeping my Tundra longer and think maybe I should clean up act and change the coolant. But I used just let it go down the drain, not acceptable practice today, got a dog poisonous. Hard to be so neat with that stuff on the drive.
What do you guys do if you change your coolant, how do you dispose of it?
I was planning on draining as much as can, then skip the flushing, then just fill with a 50 50 mix of distilled water and coolant, any issues? This was the only way I thought I could contain the chemicals and not introduce any of my well water issues to the system.
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What ot do with Engine Coolant antifreeze
kskwash
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 58 Texas |
2005-05-21 111314
Most autopart stores will recycle your used anitfreeze. Also, Tractor Supply Store will recycle up to 5 gallons at a time of oil, antifreeze, ect. at a time. ....
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What ot do with Engine Coolant antifreeze
oneace
Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1490 south central pa Pics |
2005-05-22 111371
Toyota use a red colored antifreeze. It is non-toxic but you should still take it to a recycler. It also has special lubricating properties for the water pump so you might want to get they same stuff and not the green stuff. ....
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