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Originally posted by SquareHead:
I wouldn't use tap water from a hose in the cooloing system. Too many minerals in there. I only pure boiled off water to cut down on hard water deposits and scaling in the system. That is a great way to plug the rad and heater core.
i use distilled water when mixing coolant to 50/50
but I can see your point with flushing it ...
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Problem is, flushing with distilled water leaves some in the block, thus making the balance of water to coolant more than 50/50...
I wonder how much to adjust the mixture to compensate for this?
Sorry, I'm just obsessive about things being done exactly right.
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Originally posted by mcgarvey:
Problem is, flushing with distilled water leaves some in the block, thus making the balance of water to coolant more than 50/50...
I wonder how much to adjust the mixture to compensate for this?
Sorry, I'm just obsessive about things being done exactly right.
yeah I get your point, I don't think that much will stay, i bet if you mix at 45/55 it would come out 50/50 in the end
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Sounds like a plan. Next time I'll just make sure to drain and refill my coolant every year so I don't need to worry about flushing.
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sounds like a bit of overkill, does it not? Maybe every other year.....
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Costs $8 annually and it's less work than an oil change. Probably overkill, yes, but I dont mind.
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