Water or Coolant

vctor

What do you use for your engine? Plain water or engine coolant?

therock

just plain H2O

brock

pwede bang pure coolant ilagay. walang halong tubig?

vctor

I think pwede ngang pure coolant kasi ung sa radiator tubig lang naman ang ilalagay dun e,

so when it comes to being economical, tubig lang talaga for engine coolant? Will there be an effect sa engine if ever puro tubig lang and walang engine coolant? What if it's really hot?

I know some people kasi they just drive during the mornings and evening. Before and after office lang, pero pano kung you leave the house ng hindi ganung time lagi?

Aquaholic

based on my user manual, ang recommended ratio talaga ay 50% coolant / 50% tap water.. but the toyota service advisor suggests to me na 20% coolant / 80% tap water.. mas mainam daw kung distilled (wilkins) yung water.

if u use pure water, mabilis kalawangin yung engine internals at radiator mo..

D'Transporter

It's better to use 100% coolant so you don't alter the formula of the coolant. It is recommended that you have a radiator flush done each year to drain the deposits on the radiator.

shun_sakurai

It depends on the maker.

If you use their original coolant Honda will recommend a mix of 65% coolant to 35% water, I think.

For Caltex's coolant 50:50 is fine.

schlumberger

for most coolants, recommended ratio is 50:50. the boiling point of the mixture will increase by 50degC. but coolants are expensive so distilled water is fine.

elodeon

a warning on our honda says that adding water to the coolant mixture will seriously shorten engine life

Aquaholic

it depends on what type of coolant you are using..

1. pre-mixed - no need to add water..
2. concentrate - may instruction kung ilang % ng water ang ihahalo mo..

just look for the type and directions ng coolant nyo..

AbulugAdventure

Just plain water sa min.

vctor

So hindi din pala basta basta plain water...kelangan distilled pa

lakay

Coolant is use because of Anti-Corrosion additive, lower freezing (not really applicable in philippines) and higher boiling temp, and lubricating property for water pump, but its thick (medyo malapot), that is the reason why you have to add water to thin it up for easy circulation inside the engine. Water is highly corrosive due to its oxygen content, using distilled water is not advisable, tap water (gripo) will do. Distilled water is for your battery.

Verbl Kint

actually, distilled distilled water for the battery ("distilled distilled" is not a typo)

lakay

Verbl Kint wrote:

actually, distilled distilled water for the battery ("distilled distilled" is not a typo)

How can you double distille a distilled water, I ran a distilling plant in the Navy and I never heard such thing as "distilled distilled water" and we take distilled water from the evaporator (which just distilled (boiled) once) for our battery, before we add chemical (bromine) for human consumption.

Verbl Kint

Double distilled water (ddH2O) is prepared by double distillation of deionized water. It is used, among other things, when single distillation does not lead to sufficiently pure water...

The above is from wikipedia.

You may want to read the labels for the "battery water" they are selling in the commercial market.

Aquaholic

TAP Water would be fine na panghalo sa coolant basta malinis lang. meron kasi area na madumi ang Tap water.. but if u want to be sure, distilled drinking water ang gamitin nyo (i.e. WILKINS or any brand).. Not the distilled water na panlagay sa battery..

honeymom

for a mitsubishi ano ba ideal na water/collant ratio?

SeminaristaKuno

Depends on the coolant pa rin. Mitsubishi, however, sells pre-mixed coolant so no water needed. You have to drain your cooling system before using this.

Ako plain drinking water. Pwede rin sana tap water kaso puro minerals at deposits ang tubig namin.

jason_10

its safer to use distilled water and coolant so you can be assured hindi magbabara ang radiator fins.

shun_sakurai

Doesn't using just water corrode radiator fins?