whats is deminerilzed water/ distill?

[jbangr]

where do i get it from any particular brand or something is it just spring water?

[VYMAD]

It's in your local supermarket, nothing special, it's just water that has been purified and demineralised. Cheap as shit, buy a couple of four litre bottles if you are doing a coolant change.

[jbangr]

im tipping it would be near the water section but i had a look at coles and all they have is spring water shit in 4L containers? im confused lol and insted of using tap water should i just tip these bottles in to filter it or would it need pressure?

[pablo]

De-mineralised is NOT spring water. It's the stuff you Mum should be using in her steam iron, and you in your car battery. It's water that has had the minerals removed (salts etc) Its the mineral content in the water that does the damage to batterys and steam irons. Spring water is for your Dads whisky and your cordial...LOL, Distilled water is the purest, but more expensive to produce.

[jbangr]

so your saying it should have a libal or something visble on the bottle saying it is distilled or demineralized?

[Philthy]

Its probably next to the metho

[DanVN]

Its not kept in drinking sections, normally kept near the motoring stuff.

[Rusty]

For coolant and irons etc you can use rainwater in place of destilled water.

[graham7773]

CustomCruising, yep but not off a galvanised iron roof. full of zinc which will kill batteries and cause unwanted electrical current in your cooling system for more corrosion.

[9C1pack]

Demineralised/distilled water will probably be located in the supermarket aisle near the cleaning products like floor/bath cleaner.
Rain water, will have contaminates in it from bird droppings, pollution or from the roofing material as previously mentioned.
The couple of dollars spent will be far better than replacing radiators/welch plugs etc

[VLC86]

Super cheap sells it super cheap haha.. its just deionised water. It always says on the bottle.
If doing a coolant swap, it isn't mandatory to use it if you buy the top of the line concentrate coolants. They have enough good things in them already and tap water would be fine

[MikeCuzzy]

Distilled water is water that has had the minerals and such removed. It is commonly used in science experiments as it will not chemically react with the substances being tested.

[VYMAD]

I always used rain tank water at my old place, no probs. Did a coolant flush/change here on town water and had no probs either, however last month when I did the most recent flush and change I bought de-mineralised water, as our town water is really crap. I would probably just use tank water again if I could, though. My 2 cents, many people swear on the de-min, and I will continue to use it as long as I'm on townwater.

[VT-565]

I would not use anything but demineralised water.

Out of a tap or out of the sky is still not good enough for a battery or cooling system.
My area has a high copper content in the tap water which doesn't agree with the aluminium radiator core in most new cars.

[jbangr]

yeah i went and brought 6 bottles of coles demineralised water 2L