Texaco Extender

Close Analogs: CPS Number: 227999; MSDS Number: 10317

Material Notes:

• 750,000 miles on-road use (8 years or 15,000 hours off-highway use) on initial fill with no Extender needed
• Additional Extended service life of 1,000,000 miles/20,000 hours/8 years with Extender added at 500,000 miles/10,000 hours/8 years.
• Improved corrosion protection and lower electrical conductivity.
• Reduced maintenance and related costs.
• No addition of supplemental coolant additives (SCAs) needed.
• No inhibitor testing required needed.
• Excellent protection against pitting, corrosion and erosion even on hard to protect metals like aluminum.
• Excellent heat transfer compared to silicate containing coolants.
• Improved water pump life due to no silicate formula.
• Excellent protection for all heavy duty engines including engines using EGR and ACERT technology.
• Protection against winter freeze-up and summer boil-over.
• Biodegradable in its unused form.
• Outstanding hot surface aluminum protection
• Suitable for gasoline powered automotive and industrial engines
• Compatible with conventional antifreeze. Dilution with conventional antifreeze will reduce extended life benefits. Texaco recommends that this product not be diluted by more than 25% with conventional coolants.

Texaco Extended Life Coolant has lower pH and RA relative to traditional coolants. The pH change profile in service is a more important performance measure than the RA level. Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze shows a typical pH reduction of less than 1.5 units in 160,000-kilometer fleet tests compared with a pH reduction of up to 3 units for traditional coolants. The freeze point of a coolant is a measure of how low the fluids temperature can go before it freezes. The ratio of glycol and water in an antifreeze/coolant will determine the freeze point. The easiest and most accurate way to measure freeze point is by using a refractometer. The freeze point of Texaco ELC should be maintained between -12°F (-37°C) and -62°F (-57.7°C).

The Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze family is made up of three products:

• Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-freeze concentrate is a glycol based product that contains patented carboxlylate inhibitors. This product is recommended for use to adjust freeze point and for initial fill. For initial fill this product must be diluted.
• Texaco Extended Life Prediluted 50/50 Coolant/Anti-Freeze is a 50/50 dilution of Texaco ELC concentrate with deionized water. This product should be used as sold. The freeze point of Texaco ELC 50/50 is -34°F (-37°C). This product is recommended mainly for top-up.
• Texaco Extender is a re-charge for Texaco ELC in service coolant. It is to be added if a service life of greater than 750,000 miles/15,000 hours/8 years is needed. Addition of Texaco Extender at 500,000 miles/10,000 hours/4 years will extend service life out to 1,000,000 miles/20,000 hours/8 years.

  Texaco ELC exhibits a lower reserve alkalinity and lower pH when compared to traditional phosphate and borate containing coolants. These differences are due to the unique inhibitor package used in Texaco ELC and does not in any way compromise corrosion protection. ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) has recognized that RA is not a indicator of corrosion protection effectiveness and has removed all RA requirements for coolant/antifreeze products.

  Texaco Extended Life Coolant has lower pH and RA relative to traditional coolants. The pH change profile in service is a more important performance measure than the RA level. Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze shows a typical pH reduction of less than 1.5 units in 160,000-kilometer fleet tests compared with a pH reduction of up to 3 units for traditional coolants.

  The freeze point of a coolant is a measure of how low the fluids temperature can go before it freezes. The ratio of glycol and water in an antifreeze/coolant will determine the freeze point. The easiest and most accurate way to measure freeze point is by using a refractometer. The freeze point of Texaco ELC should be maintained between -12°F (-37°C) and -62°F (-57.7°C).

  Texaco Extended Life Coolant System is a heavy-duty, ethylene glycol based engine coolant system which incorporates patented organic corrosion inhibitor technology. The Texaco ELC formula has been recently enhanced to provide longer service life, enhanced corrosion protection and lower electrical conductivity. Texaco Extended Life Prediluted 50/50 Coolant/Anti-Freeze meets ASTM D 6310 and D 3306. Texaco ELC is a nitrate-, borate-, phosphate-, silicate-, and aminefree formulation which uses Texacos patented carboxylate technology to provide maximum protection of the six basic metal alloys found in most heat transfer systems. Since the coolant contains no phosphates or silicates, hard water deposits in the cooling system are reduced. Water pump seal wear is reduced as a result of fewer abrasive dissolved solids in Texaco Extended Life Coolant and that results in improved water pump seal life.

  The newly enhanced formula and patented carboxylate corrosion inhibitors in Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze have been shown to remain at effective levels up to 750,000 miles/15,000 hours/8 years with no addition of Extender needed.

  Note: These products are not to be used to protect the inside of potable water systems against freezing.

  Texaco Extended Life Coolant System is recommended for all heavy duty engines using all fuel types including Caterpillar, International, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Mack, MTU, John Deere, JI Case, Ford, GM, Volvo, and other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Texaco Extended Life Coolant System is recommended for use in the cooling systems of all types of industrial internal combustion engines. Texaco Extended Life Prediluted 50/50 Coolant/Anti-Freeze and Texaco Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze meet or exceed: ASTM D 6210; ASTM D 3306; TMC RP 329, 302A, 351 (color); Phosphate-free requirement of European OEMs; Silicate-free requirement of Japanese OEMs; Caterpillar EC-1; Navistar B1.

  Typical test data are average values only. Minor variations which do not affect product performance are to be expected in normal manufacturing.

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