Radiator

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

Please.  I would not recommend something that has not been 
researched (not even as a joke).  That's what I get for 
posting here, I guess.

"Unless your town has a coolant collection setup, pour the 
old antifreeze into a household drain, clothes-washer pipe 
or a toilet. That's an environmentally safe approach. 
Don't pour it on the ground or into a storm sewer. If your 
car has a copper radiator or heater core, the coolant is 
contaminated with lead solder. Many municipalities have 
hazardous-waste disposal facilities that will take it. 
Also, in most of the United States it's illegal for 
professional mechanics to dispose of used coolant, so you 
may be able to take it to the local shop and ask if 
they'll handle it."

Here is the link to Popular Mechanics:

http://popularmechanics.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=61627794&EXTRA_ARG=&CFGNAME=MssFind%2Ecfg&host_id=1&page_id=569&query=antifreeze&hiword=ANTIFREEZE+ANTIFREEZES+

John
Long Beach





On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:26:38 -0700
  "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@attbi.com> wrote:
>Oh, that's really nice John!!  This is not recomended btw 
>but catch it in a
>coolant drain pan!!!  You can get them cheap at any local 
>parts store and if
>you want to tell the difference between the coolant drain 
>pan and the oil
>drain pan then get a different color.  I have yellow for 
>coolant and black
>for oil.  Once the coolant is contained, there are lots 
>of places that will
>take it for recycling including most dumps with no cost 
>to you.  John's
>recomendation is a REALLY bad idea if you live rural and 
>are on a well
>because it will soak right into the ground via your drain 
>field and you'll
>be drinking it over time.  Treatment plants are only 
>setup to treat for
>coolant because sometimes people put it down the drain, 
>they aren't setup so
>that you CAN put it down the drain.  No offense John, I 
>think (hope) you are
>joking but if you aren't, I wouldn't keep putting coolant 
>in the sewage
>system!
>
>Dave
>
>> Most sewage treatment plants have no trouble handling
>> coolant.  Just pour it down the drain or flush it down 
>>the
>> toilet.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:46:16 -0400
>>   "Christopher Grossi" <cgrossi@dwc.edu> wrote:
>> >Changing the radiator on the car this weekend. Has a
>> >small crack and is starting to leak out a little. Want 
>>to
>> >get it before it goes completely and I am screwed. Any
>> >suggestions on something to collect the coolant in? I'm
>> >probably going to put new stuff back in so if I cannot
>> >save the old its okay, but not going to poor it all 
>>over
>> >the ground. Antifreeze is just bad stuff.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Chris
>>
>>
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