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Re: coolant & distilled water quandary
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Subject: Re: coolant & distilled water quandary
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From: [email protected] (Russ Poffenberger)
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 13:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
[email protected] wrote:
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> From: Kirk Shafer <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:21:02 -0700
> Subject: coolant & distilled water quandary (corrected version of msg)
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> I noticed someone suggested using "distilled" water to mix with =
> antifreeze. I once read that this is NOT a good idea as the antifreeze =
> is designed to mix with water of a particular pH level and distilled =
> water is NOT the thing to do and that plain tap water is actually =
> better. I was a little shocked to read that tap water was actually the =
> better choice. Can anyone more knowledgeable corroborate this?
Well, I had to replace a radiator because it got plugged up from using regular
tap water (pretty hard water around here), so I use distilled water.
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