new radiator fluids...100% distilled water
#3
Eats, Sleeps, Dreams Rotary
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You will corrode your entire coolant system eventually. Coolant has anti-corrosion additives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze
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#8
Rotary Enthusiast
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straight water is for race only. The only advantage of running straight water is that pure water transfers heat better. Racers also usually run 24psi systems to get the boiling point higher. But for a daily driver, anti-freez covers all of what the above posters have said.
#12
i only use reverse osmosis water... yeah it might be over kill but i like to know theres 0 ppm in my water. theres still trace amounts in distilled..iam in ca and run like 30/70 in most my rx7's
#13
Rotary Freak
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You have it backward. Reverse Osmosis still has at least 50-80 ppm TDS whereas distilled water has 0 to 1 ppm TDS. I know b/c I have a TDS meter. Furthermore, reverse osmosis still has VOC and all the chemically bonded crap in the water. Distilled water commercially distilled has none of these.
#16
gross polluter
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Especially if you like hearing boiling sounds coming from your engine bay after you shut down and the non-circulating water starts to heat soak.
Water wetter doesn't raise boiling point, so I always run 25-30% coolant mixture to get that few degrees of extra protection.
Water wetter doesn't raise boiling point, so I always run 25-30% coolant mixture to get that few degrees of extra protection.
#17
You have it backward. Reverse Osmosis still has at least 50-80 ppm TDS whereas distilled water has 0 to 1 ppm TDS. I know b/c I have a TDS meter. Furthermore, reverse osmosis still has VOC and all the chemically bonded crap in the water. Distilled water commercially distilled has none of these.