Re: Using distilled water in the cooling system
Posted: October 30th, 2008, 2:14 pm
Unless you are going to change your radiator and rebuild an engine it will be next to impossible to prevent the buildup of scale or remove the deposits from within your cooling system. Our cars are old, and even if we use distilled water we will still have the same issues as if we used tap water. Its like undercoating a car that has rust all over the bottom...if you dont remove the rust, the undercoating isnt really doing any good...now being able to get rid of all the scale and deposits within your cooling system, THEN using pure water would be best...but like I said, the only way of effectively doing that is w/ a new radiator and rebuild engine that has had its passages scrubbed clean!
^^In hot climates, such as the desert which gets 110+ and you're not moving fast on a highway (such as stuck in traffic) water will not suffice. For moderate temperatures where you are cruising, water is fine. Racing is another example of where water would not work on a hot day.
^^In hot climates, such as the desert which gets 110+ and you're not moving fast on a highway (such as stuck in traffic) water will not suffice. For moderate temperatures where you are cruising, water is fine. Racing is another example of where water would not work on a hot day.