Antifreeze and your car

[Gregarious13]

In California, at least in the Bay area for sure, all auto repair facilities are required to accept waste fluids and batteries at no cost to the desposer. Several gallons of fluids and something like 5 batteries per day per person. A lot of the time shops will say their waste containers are full to keep from taking your waste, even though it's probably not the case. They are responsible for the cost of disposal, not the consumer. It's a great way to keep this stuff out of the storm drains if only everyone was aware they can dispose for free. 

 

For window washer fluid, if you don't need freeze protection, one cup of vinegar to a gallon of water and a squirt of dish soap. I'm ok with that going on the ground.

 

Greg

[Flatie46]

6 minutes ago, Gregarious13 said:

In California, at least in the Bay area for sure, all auto repair facilities are required to accept waste fluids and batteries at no cost to the desposer. Several gallons of fluids and something like 5 batteries per day per person. A lot of the time shops will say their waste containers are full to keep from taking your waste, even though it's probably not the case. They are responsible for the cost of disposal, not the consumer. It's a great way to keep this stuff out of the storm drains if only everyone was aware they can dispose for free. 

 

For window washer fluid, if you don't need freeze protection, one cup of vinegar to a gallon of water and a squirt of dish soap. I'm ok with that going on the ground.

 

Greg

Gotta have the freeze protection in my area. It's also nice to "squirt and wipe" the frost off on cold mornings.  The scrap yards in this area pay around $5.00 bucks a piece for batteries, they recycle them for the lead.  Recycle centers should be glad to get the oil, the get paid for it, do here anyway. 

[Dodgeb4ya]

You can check the coolant condition with these cheap test strips.....this is what i use.

I do change the coolant on my new cars every two years.

[Plymouthy Adams]

2 hours ago, Flatie46 said:

But what happens to it after it cleans your windshield?  

it is deactivated by the mixture of dirt and bug guts.......