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Originally Posted by jocko
I think the most important tip when it comes to coolant, if you mix your own, is to use distilled water. That's an old wives' tale I actually believe. I don't believe many folks used to do that (I didn't). But then again, we didn't buy every sip of water we drank in a plastic bottle back then either, ha. By today's standards, the water I drank from the tap and the garden hose as a kid, just a few miles from the steel mill, shoulda killed me decades ago  I'm a medical miracle. |
Using distilled water by today standards are a no no . studies reveal that the destilled water removes everything in the water including iron , and what happens is distilled water wants to recover the iron content and this is what leads to extra wear on your coolant systems metal parts, reports say RO water is a much safer choice , the bottom line is dependeng on your own water sorce that you use , be tested for minerals that are high in concentrations that are harmful to cooling systems such as calcium. I would not use the waterless coolant basied on what I read in the BMW forums some of the guys there report a higher running tempeture vs standard antifreeze. but again BMW cooling systems are much mor safisticated then a stand GM V8 engine and being so they are much more prone to problems,just to bleed these systems take time and a lot of patience.