Hey all

I need some hydro fluid for the weekend does anyone in WA have any or know where I can get some in a hurry??

Guessing I won't be able to get it from Minisport in the timeframe as interstate fluid postage will be slow and I live a little out of metro. Any help or ideas much appreciated..... Prefer to get proper stuff that use the 50:50 mix option.

Ta

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

Yes I have some

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

Wow the boys in Perth have woke up, have't seen much of Babes lately, next thing we know boomini will give us an update on his supercharger !!

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1972 Leyland Mini Clubman
2000 Honda CBR929RR

castrol antifreeze concentrate

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+1 , i done a 70/30 mix with distilled water

I use 50/50.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

+2 for Castrol Anti-Freeze. I use 50/50 mix, the benefit of using anti-freeze in your suspension is that it will stop your radiator from freezing. No, really... it says so on the bottle

Where can I get that specific one?? I have found radicool but not the one mentioned..... Thanks

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

I think from memory i brought it from Supercheap.

Nulon or Valvoline green glycol concentrate is ok too. Just don't but any pre-mixed lollywater!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I saw at the local Mini place their mix was 14 parts water, 6 parts methanol, 5 parts glycol
So whats the Methanol for
Just another antifreeze ingredient
I want to make my own brew

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

Yes I have also used 1 part nulon concentrate to 1 part distilled water. Basically a more concentrated mix of coolant.

Edit: another option I have heard is methylated spirit instead of water. Maybe this would lower the freezing point further. Perhaps if you lived in Alaska this may be a consideration.

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Yes us wa boys are still here... just busy with making our minis fat

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

I found this info as to what was in this fluid
49% alcohol
49% distilled water
1% triethanolamine phosphate
1% sodium mercaptobenzothiazole

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1970 MK2 Cooper S

I actually use the antifreeze straight up... whether or not that's a good thing I don't know



that's the original recipe... alcohol to stop it freezing, water to make it cheaper, the other 2 ingredients (dunno which is which) is rust inhibitor and something to stop the mechanics drinking it

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