More fun with well water

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Originally Posted By: Samilcar
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
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I get it. I had to think about it for a minute though...

I think a part of me died.
 
I think I have rain water in my radiators now, but used terribly hard well water for years without any trouble. If you drain, flush, refill, and have to top up, I am not sure it makes that much difference. If you are continually adding, better use low mineral water.
 
Somehow that doesn't say what I meant to say and it is too late to edit. If you fill the radiator and it stays up, youmay get away with high mineral water. If you have to add all time, better use low mineral water.
 
It all depends on how hard the water is and also on the coolant. There is a spec for how hard the water can be. You can get test strips that test the hardness of the water. Most coolant has scale inhibitors. Take a coolant like Dexcool, it can tolerate harder water than a phosphated coolant. The city water I have does not cause problems. It's always best to use distilled water.
 
Originally Posted By: labman
I think I have rain water in my radiators now, but used terribly hard well water for years without any trouble. If you drain, flush, refill, and have to top up, I am not sure it makes that much difference. If you are continually adding, better use low mineral water.


dude you have over 8,000 posts... has someone hijacked your acct?
 
Originally Posted By: labman
If you take you own bottles, you can get purified water at Walmart for I think $.39
you mean from that Culligan machine they have hooked up to the "local water supply"?

Sure, it's OK for drinking, but I wouldn't put that water into my radiator
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Sure, it's better than "regular" tap water, but yea, better safe with the distilled gallon jug for 87cents :)
 
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Originally Posted By: Samilcar
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
I see the image is to scale....


I get it. I had to think about it for a minute though...

I think a part of me died.


I just spewed a gulp of beer. THANKS Colt!
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Originally Posted By: mechanicx
It's always best to use distilled water.


I've heard (from the techs at No-Rosion, if they have ANY credability to anyone on here, but it IS their product in the Amsoil "Coolant Booster" bottle
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) that de-ionized water is the ONLY way to go with radiator coolant mixes.
The only problem is that you must make it yourself with a garden hose filtering setup like Griot's sells for making spot-free car wash rinse water (quite $$$$ for limited use).
I've NEVER seen it for sale on the shelf in gallon contaners like distilled, and even when I call Jayson's (local water softening co.), or Culligan, they tell me it CANNOT be had in containers.

Comments/opinions???
 
Originally Posted By: dailydriver

I've heard (from the techs at No-Rosion, if they have ANY credability to anyone on here, but it IS their product in the Amsoil "Coolant Booster" bottle.....


????
 
Originally Posted By: Pablo
Originally Posted By: dailydriver

I've heard (from the techs at No-Rosion, if they have ANY credability to anyone on here, but it IS their product in the Amsoil "Coolant Booster" bottle.....


????


Maybe A.J. did not release it yet??
But according to N0-Rosion's web newsletter, they are discontinuing their Hyper-Kool product, but it will continue to be available through Amsoil as a Coolant Booster type product.

No-Rosion's main product line is a radiator/coolant anti-corrosion additive which acts like a sacrificial anode for the entire cooling system (vs. an actual zinc anode which only has sacrificial benefits for ~6"-8" from where it is placed in the cooling system).

Their Hyper-Cool product combined the above with a Water Wetter/Purple Ice type anti-cavitation/wetting agent in one bottle.
 
Interesting, thanks. Not big on coolant additives. I had a terrible run in with Water Wetter in a brand new Volvo (yeah I know, dumb), the stuff made black sludge in the cooling system within days of pouring it in. Not pretty.
 
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
It's always best to use distilled water.


I've heard (from the techs at No-Rosion, if they have ANY credability to anyone on here, but it IS their product in the Amsoil "Coolant Booster" bottle
wink.gif
) that de-ionized water is the ONLY way to go with radiator coolant mixes.
The only problem is that you must make it yourself with a garden hose filtering setup like Griot's sells for making spot-free car wash rinse water (quite $$$$ for limited use).
I've NEVER seen it for sale on the shelf in gallon contaners like distilled, and even when I call Jayson's (local water softening co.), or Culligan, they tell me it CANNOT be had in containers.

Comments/opinions???


I think distilled water has very low/no ions since there's very little to no dissolved minerals in it. Water that has been softened I think is not good. Water softener uses salts to bind with the minerals and they are bad in a cooling system. Distilled water is more than adequate.
 
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
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I'm going to go modify the rules to provide that puns that bad shall be cause for immediate, no-notice banishment!!!

Actually, very good, wish I'd thought of it...
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Originally Posted By: Pablo
Interesting, thanks. Not big on coolant additives. I had a terrible run in with Water Wetter in a brand new Volvo (yeah I know, dumb), the stuff made black sludge in the cooling system within days of pouring it in. Not pretty.


Yeah, I agree Pabs. RLWW is the only RL product of which I am actively and permanently suspicious. I tried it in the nearly-new cooling system of my 2003.3 V-6 Camry and within days, found the ovflo bottle and radiator filled with a cream-colored, cheezy sludge-like stuff (I'm sure all you degree-holding chemists are cringing -- and I don't blame you...). At least mine wasn't BLACK and slimy. The dealer in New Orleans was relatively merciful with me on the drain, flush, and refill.

And FWIW, if you're not totally gun shy now, the very tech who rescued my cheezed-up Camry's cooling system recommended Royal Purple's "Purple Ice" product. I presently have it in all three of our Toyotas, and have for years, with zero signs of cream cheese sludge. Candidly, I have no idea whether or not it's providing a worthwhile benefit or not (it may well have during one or more summertime extreme excursions, but who knows...). But if you're interested, and aren't scared away by your RLWW experience, RPPI may be something to look at.
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p.s. hope your neck is doing well...
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