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Originally Posted By IvorMog

BTW, always use distilled (de-ionised) water in the mix.



Unless you live in a "Hard Water" area I have found no fully detailed reason to do this.

Can you advise me why in Scotland and I am sure in the "Softer Water" areas below the border for instance, we have people driving classic cars, many, many years old that are on their original radiators and water pumps with no cooling issues.

I have heard of no one anywhere near us who uses distilled water. I have seen it used in batteries but never in car cooling systems this side of the border.

When we lived in North Yorkshire for a year or so, I never found anyone using distilled water in their car radiator.

What damage has been done to these cars that are still running all these years later.

No for one moment saying this is not a requirement in certain "Hard Water" areas.

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Distilled water can quickly take a ph value below 7 to become acidic and attack metal.


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Thanks everyone for your helpful comments they helped my understanding. I ended up buying this product-

https://www.nulon.com.au/products/coolin...ent-concentrate


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I just read the internet link for the Nulon product shown in my previous post and noticed that it is not recommended for copper or brass so I had better take it back and exchange for the one that Nulon recommends. Just goes to show I thought I had researched it enough and I trusted what the guy in the shop said.


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The coolant colours link just reinforces the fact that there's no standardisation.

You'd have thought manufacturers might have considered an agreed system.........


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