Subject	Glycol also lubricates the water pump - it will fail
Posted by	YugoBernie (NoVA) on April 17, 2006 at 3:38 PM
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In Reply To	Nothing. Just that 'water' is a better coolant than posted by Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) on April 17, 2006 at 02:11 PM
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