Fully Formulated Coolant/Antifreeze – WHY?

The new technology - Fleet Charge Fully Formulated Antifreeze/Coolant:
Most fleet managers have different kinds of vehicles to maintain. These may include cars, pickups, and large trucks. For years, fleet managers had to purchase, inventory, and correctly use two or three different types of antifreeze to meet the needs of the different vehicles in the fleet. Even more difficult, the largest trucks required a low silicate coolant that needed to be mixed with a separate supplemental coolant additive (SCA) and deionized water. Many industry and professional organizations involved with heavy duty engines and coolants have been discussing the benefits of using a SCA precharged, or fully formulated, antifreeze/coolant. Fleet Charge, the leading fully formulated antifreeze, offers convenience, low cost and performance benefits as detailed below. 

Background: 
To reduce vehicle downtime and lost revenue, heavy-duty fleets should use a coolant specifically formulated for use in diesel engines. This type of antifreeze is referred to in the industry as a "low silicate" antifreeze, or by ASTM D-4985, the specification numbers that were established to define its characteristics. However, a low-silicate antifreeze, by design, requires the addition of a separate supplemental coolant additive (SCA) before it goes into service. Chemistries of competing antifreezes that meet the ASTM D-4985 specification vary, so SCA’s must be engineered to be compatible and complementary to many different antifreezes. As a result, some overlap of chemistry is inevitable in the finished coolant. Furthermore, the blending of antifreeze, water and SCA’s is difficult to test and monitor. It is possible for too much or too little of one of the three components to be used, resulting in either inadequate protection or problematic chemical imbalances. In fact, over 40% of a diesel engine downtime is coolant related. Fleet Charge fully formulated coolant solves these problems.

Fleet Charge Fully Formulated Coolant: 
To eliminate the confusion and difficulties of performing coolant blending on the shop floor, as well as to provide an optimum chemical formulation, Fleet Charge fully formulated coolant was developed. Fleet Charge meets or exceeds all heavy duty and automotive antifreeze specifications. It is easy to use because it is simply mixed 50/50 with water and poured into the cooling system. It is precharged with the necessary base chemistry and the SCA chemistry needed to provide complete system protection for virtually any vehicle.  

Resulting Benefits:

• No misapplications. 

• Simplifies fleet maintenance procedures. One antifreeze for all the vehicles in the fleet; large and small, gas or diesel. 

• Better quality control, no damage to forgetting the SCA pre-charge at initial fill and when topping off. 

• Reduced cost compared to mixing components. 

• Half the inventory investment. 

• Low silicate and low total dissolved solids formula improves water pump and radiator life. 

• Phosphate free formula reduces the risk of scale. 

• Longer coolant life. 

• Less chance of inhibitor instability. 

• State of the art corrosion inhibitors eliminate the need for expensive deionized water. 

• Complies with engine OEM requirements.

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