Some ruminations on antifreeze (2025 Update)

Cliff Freeling · 2004-01-13T00:41:48+00:00

It doesn't take much of a USENET search to see all thebadmouthing about Peak antifreeze, I guess mainly becausethe brand contains phospate. People say this and that,and repeat what others say without much thought. I have visited the Peak site and they discuss these issues,and what they say makes sense to me at least. People blastPeak because of the phosphates, then turn right around andrecommend distilled water for cooling sytems (which apparentlypretty much removes any negative effect from the phospates).The Peak site claims that some European car makers say to avoidsuch antifreezes simply because Europe generally has much harderwater than the U.S....makes sense to me.Read it for yourself: I'm naive, but how could they legally make the claims on thispage ( about theirstandard product if it weren't fact anyway?And yes, I changed the coolant in my German car today, and used50/50 Prestone and distilled water, but have used Peak for years inmy cars with no problems.