antifreeze or water in your radiator ?

[VrWagz1]

no you dont have to use anti freeze, i only used it in my car when went to he snow. It dosnt get cold enough here to warrant anti-freeze.

 

[maldotcom2]

There's no need to use anti freeze unless you live in an extremely cold area. If you need anti boil you have other issues. Just buy a concentrate (green stuff) that has a rust inhibitor. Mix that with tap water and do a flush every now and then.

 

[BlackVXGTS]

There's no need to use anti freeze unless you live in an extremely cold area. If you need anti boil you have other issues. Just buy a concentrate (green stuff) that has a rust inhibitor. Mix that with tap water and do a flush every now and then.

Don't be misled by the term anti-freeze. To quote: "I'm sure that you've read or heard somewhere before that water is the best coolant. This is true as far as being able to absorb heat for a given flow rate, water does do that the best. Water also boils at a lower temperature than other coolants and can develop steam pockets easier, so it's not the best coolant in that respect. A water / ethylene glycol mixture (anti-freeze if you like to call it that) will boil at a higher temp and resist steam pockets better than plain water, the downfall is that it has to have a higher flow rate, but that is easy to accomplish" (modern engines that recommend ethylene glycol already have the necessary higher flow rate).

 

[pjdm1980]

There's no need to use anti freeze unless you live in an extremely cold area. If you need anti boil you have other issues. Just buy a concentrate (green stuff) that has a rust inhibitor. Mix that with tap water and do a flush every now and then.

Don't use normal tap water use distilled water will save you having to pull out your dash when your heater core shits itself:cry:.

 

[centy]

water will allow the inside of your radiator and engine to corrode, is will then flake off and clog your radiator.
coolant will slow this down a hell of a lot.
I had a 1967 6 clyinder landrover that always had collant and it was clean inside.
Christ knows how many times it had been around the clock.
It was that old the rocker shafts had worn about 1mm

 

[st3r3otyp3]

water will allow the inside of your radiator and engine to corrode, is will then flake off and clog your radiator.
coolant will slow this down a hell of a lot.
I had a 1967 6 clyinder landrover that always had collant and it was clean inside.
Christ knows how many times it had been around the clock.
It was that old the rocker shafts had worn about 1mm

wow theres your proof mate, tap water has to much mineral content and will stain the internals like a toilet cristan or kettle.

 

[VrWagz1]

water will allow the inside of your radiator and engine to corrode, is will then flake off and clog your radiator.
coolant will slow this down a hell of a lot.
I had a 1967 6 clyinder landrover that always had collant and it was clean inside.

Of course you must run a rust inhibitor, but the question was should he run anti-freeze, answer is no if he dosnt live where it goes below 0 degrees.

 

[ephect]

question was, anti-freeze or water.. my vote is anti-freeze

 

[mookschank]

If you have *good* water, ie not crap full of lime then just use that. From NZ im sure the water will be great?

And for the cost, inhibitor is a no brainer, just get some from kmart or something. Or if you want genuine, look at the genuine bottle, read the genuine ingredients, (% mixes), then go to kmart and get the same as genuine for less price....

 

[pjdm1980]

distilled water $5 for 5 litres, when you spend $25 bucks on coolant why cheap out on the last $5?:bang: