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Silicate free antifreeze: A necessity for long water pump life
Written by lcshepp on 10/3/2010 at 05:27 am

Hi,

> The silicates are known to eat up the seal on the water pump not the
> gasket. Unless I was misinformed by Honda when I worked for them the
> OEM antifreeze did not have
> silicates.

My first PC waterpump was eaten up by silicates (the seals). We
switched to silicate free and never looked back. The last couple of
antifreeze changes, I've gone to the Honda auto dealer, bought their
antifreeze and took it to my mechanic. It's silicate free for cars as well.

Works like a champ. No waterpump problems from it either.

Leland

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Leland Sheppard
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