[Healeys] overheating

[Richard Kahn]

They sell a lot of shower cleaners to get rid of the sediment which is still
very hard to remove from the floors and walls. Same crap in the engines. I
vote for distilled water.
Rich Kahn

> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:23:36 +0200
> From: coudesluijs at chello.nl
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] overheating
>
> Any mains tap water in the so called civilized world has impurities in
> it e.g. some form of disinfectant, mainly some kind of chloride compound
> I believe. Often fluoride is added as well and the water is made
> "harder" for health reasons by the water authorities. Have a look in
> your wifes steam iron, the coffee machine or the water boiler.
> These sediments react with the iron, brass and aluminium present in your
> engines and cooling systems and cause havoc in the long run.
> We have a lot of  USA imports (classics) over here from the sunny
> states. Many rust free cars but practically all radiators are scrap as
> they are silted up because of the use of plain tap water. You hardly see
> that on cars that have been driving around in northern and middle Europe
> bar Great Britain and Ireland.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
>
> > From: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald at gmail.com>
> > ..............
> > Point is most tap water is so low in mineral
> > content that it won't make a
> > difference one way or the other.
> > Rick
>
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