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[wot179]

I will only use angels tears in my radiator.

 

A Holden 6 deserves nothing less.

[StephenSLR]

I will only use angels tears in my radiator. A Holden 6 deserves nothing less.

 

Unicorn piss is better.

 

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[ls2lxhatch]

... and where outside of a power plant can you get RO water?

Lemme guess, available from No-Rosion.

 

I agree with the others, our cars have been running well enough on tap water & rad. fluid for decades. By the time your radiator perishes (if it does) the money you've saved buying schmancy chemicals you can buy yourself a few radiators.

 

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No-Rosion don't sell RO water.

 

 

Q.  Where can I find reverse osmosis (RO) water?

A.  At the local supermarket. Look for DRINKING WATER, which is available in gallon bottles. But do not confuse it with SPRING WATER, which is often high in mineral content. We have performed extensive testing of major brands and generic brands of bottled drinking water, and found that it is almost always composed of RO water.

 

Domestic reverse osmosis filters have been used for decades to filter household tap water for drinking and cooking.

 

I agree the No-Rosion statements regarding distilled water sound dubious which is why I prefixed them with "According to".  However you have to wonder why a company that produces a corrosion inhibitor would recommend you use drinking water instead of distilled water with their product.

 

The tap water in some areas contains high levels of magnesium salts and calcium. The tap water at my house has a metallic taste when boiled. A crust of calcium would build up on the kettle heating element within a couple of months of use. Calcium deposits build up on the shower heads to a level that they need to be soaked in CLR.

 

The metallic taste got so bad that I decided to fit a filter tap in the kitchen which I now use for drinking water and cooking. The tap filter removed the metallic taste and the new kettle remains spotless.

 

If I didn't use premixed coolant then I would use filtered tap water in my radiator.

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 19 September 2014 - 11:38 AM.

[Statler]

Tears of a Tibetian Yak work well. 

[N/A-PWR]

I lost water out of my Blue LJ Taxi out here years ago,

 

and used the running water out of the local creek to get her home.

no stocking was used.

[Rockoz]

During my apprenticeship I worked with Battery Powered machinery.

Big stuff. Electric locomotives for underground mining.

We distilled our own water to use in the batteries.

At another mine, an apprentice I was going to TAFE with was doing the same thing.

But they used tap water not distilled.

We compared notes after 3 years.

No difference in battery life between the sites even though usage was nearly identical.

[StephenSLR]

used the running water out of the local creek to get her home.
 

no stocking was used.

 

During the drive back from to the Canadian unit the jeep's radiator boils over. With no water on hand, they're stuck--unless they use the wine. Klinger doesn't want to lose his investment, but when artillery starts to fall all around them, desperation sets in and, smashing the bottles open, they fill the jeep with the wine.

 

 

They eventually make it back, where Klinger offers to drain all the wine out of the radiator and sell it to Winchester at a discounted rate. Unsurprisingly, he passes.

 

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 19 September 2014 - 02:14 PM.

[N/A-PWR]

Now your're talking Stephen.

 

They eventually make it back,

 

 

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[71xu1]

Where does rainwater fit into the scenario.

[caterham2]

Where does rainwater fit into the scenario.

Being a country resident and using my own collected tank water I have often wondered . In my scenario the bloody magpies sit on the ridge of the roof and chortle and crap all over it. Works alright in the coffee, my $8.00 lecky jug from Kmart has survived 8 years of this terrorist attack, the XU1 radiator is doing just fine with Penrite anti Magpie Poop corrosion inhibitor. Distilled water is only fit for a good whisky IMHO. 

Edited by caterham2, 19 September 2014 - 08:08 PM.

[caterham2]

I use nothing but the purest water in my Holden engines, painstakingly assembled by hand out of individual molecules of hydrogen and oxygen with some very fine tweezers and a steady hand... 

Johnno, Johnno, Johnno, you ARE using NON METAL tweezers aren't you.? Metal contact will render the molecules unfit for use.

[71xu1]

I'm on rainwater. I had the sola hart serviced awhile ago, the service guy commented on how good the sacrificial anode was, apparently on tap water he sometimes has to replace them after two years and there is very little left. Mine was about 6 yrs old and still plenty left.

[Rockoz]

We used to use tap water back in the day for radiators.

A bit of soluble oil added seemed to keep corrosion down and kept the water pump seals happy.

[rodomo]

if it's good enough to drink it's good enough for my radiator. And good enough for my battery too for that matter.

That's my argument too. Though I reckon beer is better in my gob.

I blame damn dam water (back in the day) for all of these damn myths from the damn past.

[UCgazman]

^^ Worth the effort then!

[wot179]

Poor ol Johnno

 

[TerrA LX]

Must be something their putting in the water.