A similar question has been frequently asked lately. It is dictated by the fact that in pursuit of environmental safety of the environment, the foreign industry has developed and launched into production a number of safe G-11 and G-12 antifreezes. Our "Tosol" is a trademark of antifreeze liquid for cars, produced at the Dzerzhinsky chemical plant.
Necessary
canister with "Antifreeze"
Instructions
Step 1
Ethylene glycol serves as the basis for the production of antifreeze. An aqueous solution of the specified chemical with water in equal proportions is not inferior to the frost resistance of an undiluted liquid (within minus 40 degrees). With regard to anticorrosive properties, when heated, diluted ethylene glycol is up to two hundred times more aggressive to metals than plain water. To reduce the activity of "Tosol" as much as possible, various additives (corrosion inhibitors) are added to it.
Step 2
It is the difference between the chemical inhibitors in the form of additives added to Tosol and foreign-made antifreezes that distinguish domestic and imported non-freezing liquids, which are strictly forbidden to mix. Otherwise, one winter can cause such damage to the car that it will require replacing the cooling and heater radiators, the water pump, and sometimes the engine cylinder head.
Step 3
It is also necessary to emphasize the following: the Russian "Tosol A40" is an aqueous solution of ethylene glycol in a ratio of 45: 53: 2. (45 - distillate, 53 - ethylene glycol, 2 - additives).
Step 4
Thanks to the additives (corrosion inhibitors), the water jacket in which Tosol circulates is covered with a protective film that keeps the surface from corroding, and the addition of any amount of distillate to it is contraindicated, contrary to the widespread belief that such mixing is possible. If you don't want to damage the engine cooling system, then never do anything like that.
Step 5
Taking into account all of the above, only Tosol A40 or its analogues can be added to the cooling system of cars filled with domestic antifreeze. It is topped up, as a rule, along the upper mark of the expansion tank.
