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Old 01-11-2009, 06:36 AM   #17
zebra
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Originally Posted by josh1147 View Post
...The only thing we never really figured out was to keep the radiator and wind-shield fluid from freezing up. We tried everything and we were always sure to use the best distilled water that we could find. Made sure we flushed all of that glycol crap out.

If anyone has a fix, I'd love to hear about it.
just put 1/2 qt of 20W-50 in each reservoir with the distilled water & you should be golden. the oil won't freeze & it's designed to go into parts of the engine, so that sounds like your fix
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