Hi Phil
I would think that would be better than our regions tapolene as it is at
saturation point and looks to the block and other cooling system components
to try and deposit those minerals seriously reducing the efficiency of the
system! Though you have brought to our attention a good point. Did the book
say anything about rain water as I have heard some people say they use that,
I would have thought it mimicked, fairly closely, distilled water.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Haldeman <haldeman@accessone.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 3:44 PM
Subject: Distilled Water is BAD??
>
> A month ago, I had the coolant system flushed in my TR6, and thinking I
was
> being consciencious, replaced it with a 50/50 mixture of antifreeze and
> *distilled* water. Last night, I was reading a popular book on collector
> car maintenance and came across this:
>
> "Mercedes Benz and a few others have gone to the extent of specifying the
> characteristics of the ideal water to use in coolant. They make the
strong
> point that distilled water NOT be used in your radiator. Distilled water
is
> 'mineral hungry', and will look to your engine block and other cooling
> system components to try and absorb those minerals."
>
> The author says he uses a certain brand of bottled water (Black Mountain)
> that falls within Mercedes specifications.
>
> So now I've got to replace the coolant again???!!!
>
> --Phil Haldeman
> haldeman@accessone.com
>
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