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Distilled Water in Cooling System - Maybe not. 900

posted by  B.C. on  Wed Feb 12 17:18 CST 2003
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Well, I dunno where I got the idea for using steam distilled water as the antifreeze dilutant. When I started using it, back in 1979, I had reason to mention this use to a client who owned a radiator repair shop. His answer was "Keep that quiet, you'll put me out of business."

Ever since then that's what I've used. 50/50 green Prestone and steam distilled water. Never a problem that I could attribute to this mixture. I do have softened water in the house, and there is never a salty taste to it even though it uses a brine ion exchange system. Runs 2x a week, 3# NaCl each time.

Our water is otherwise about 10 grains hardness and over-average acidic. No hardness in the house, but what happens to the acid I don't know. It all comes from 180 feet below the side yard.

Maybe there is an automotive cooling guru around who will give us the deciding opinion.

Regards,

Bob

:>)






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