Coolant Issue

[FlyBy]

Alright, so I'm getting flamed by this guy on the tex when talking about coolant flushing. here's the deal. I flushed everything just like you normally do. Put all the hoses back on and filled up with a 50/50 mix of the right G12 coolant and water, purged the air, and done.

Now this guy is making me feel like I'm going to make my engine commit suicide by not using distilled water and using tap water b/c of the **** in it (of which CNY has some of the cleanest smooth water, no lime scale on my faucets!). The coolant has been done every 2 years religiously since the car was new with the proper method. Do you guys think that I'll be fine? or should I change out the fluid now, or just do it sooner than two years, say a year from now?

Any thoughts would be great.

[crew219]

you should have used distilled . . . . but in the end, who cares . . . just do the next coolant change somewhat earlier. Coolant includes additives for corrosion inhibitors & anti-scale. Worst case is that you've lessened the effectiveness of those additives.

Dave

[lotar_6]

I'd say you are doing better than most who never ever ever ever flush their coolant. Distilled water should be used, but it would take running running it like that for a long time to really do damage. Just put some water wetter in there and call it a day!

[FlyBy]

That's what I was thinking, i mean, it's not like i filled it up with Prestone and pancake syrup. I'll just change it next year, if I even have this car then.

[FlyBy]

I'd say you are doing better than most who never ever ever ever flush their coolant. Distilled water should be used, but it would take running running it like that for a long time to really do damage. Just put some water wetter in there and call it a day!

I've heard about water wetter, what exactly does it do? is it just a protectant type thing?

[VWTUNING]

Distilled is better sure, but what you did is just how I've done it many many times and never had an issue. He's nit picking IMO.

[FlyBy]

Distilled is better sure, but what you did is just how I've done it many many times and never had an issue. He's nit picking IMO.


Sweet Jesus, i sometimes get paranoid when people blow things up like that.

[USOPHUNKE]

dude are you serious....most people dont flush the coolant untill something breaks at 120k. its fine yeah distilled is ideal but even alot of race cars run off reg tap water. when I went to a nascar race...i watched them take a hose in the middle of a race and add water to an engine. I would go back and just say.

dont worry it will be fine I put in 3 bottles of coolant stop leak...the guy at pep boys says he does it in his cordoba all the time.

[BUNNYLOVE]

Yeah don't worry about it. You are actually flushing your system which is way more than most people do.

[crew219]

dude are you serious....most people dont flush the coolant untill something breaks at 120k. its fine yeah distilled is ideal but even alot of race cars run off reg tap water. when I went to a nascar race...i watched them take a hose in the middle of a race and add water to an engine. I would go back and just say.

That's because they discard the engine after every race.

Dave

[lotar_6]

I was reading a thread on the tex about Rado cooling issues and came across this:
I have ran straight water before and trust me COOLANT is way better. I HIGHLY recommend water wetter, for those who don't know water wetter increases the molecular density of the water so therefore it carries heat better. (You would be suprised at how much more efficently.)

Response to the above quote:
I dont know if thats true or not, but from my racing experience I know water wetter is used in race cars.....because they are not allowed to use glycol in coolant. Glycol is slippery as hell once it gets on track, so they do not allow it for racing. It is next best thing to glycol based coolant (but not as good). If our team had the choice, we would have run glycol based coolant over redline.

And this:
in a car with a thermostat, you'd be hard pressed to notice the difference water wetter makes. It works like soap, it makes the water "slippery", so that heat transfer rates are increased.

I think that regular flushes will be sufficient for daily driving, but I've not even had a hint of a problem w/ overheating since using it. Hope that helps a little with your water wetter question.

[sector7g]

http://e30m3performance.com/myths/more_myths1/Water_Wetter/water_wetter.htm