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Battery Water
iagree:
--- Quote from: CustomGolf on June 27, 2008, 12:00:10 PM ---Bro, distilled water (Transparent) is for the battery coolant (Coloured, green being the most common) is for the radiator, of course you can use distilled water in your radiator but no improvement to performance with a higher price but if you put coolant into your battery, the battery sure up lorry.
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Hi Golf,
Oh, that i know if we put coolant in the battery, sure go up lorry one.
What i am trying to say is that, for coolant-to-mix-with-water and the-water-we-put-in-Radiator, is that the distilled water that you guys mentioned in the other Coolant thread? Meaning, for coolant & radiator's water, it's advisable to pour in distilled water rather than water from the normal water tap? Pls correct me if i am wrong. I am confused with the water to use for Radiator & Coolant Reservior.
Regards.
CustomGolf:
generally, normal tap water us used to dilute the coolant, can't remember what's the ratio. Using distilled water will not help in cooling down the engine faster.
iagree:
--- Quote from: CustomGolf on June 27, 2008, 12:10:45 PM ---generally, normal tap water us used to dilute the coolant, can't remember what's the ratio. Using distilled water will not help in cooling down the engine faster.
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oh.
i see.
but, there are ppl saying that, not advisable to use normal tap water because of rusting or sthing? karat?
so, ok to use tap water? or must use distilled water for radiator and coolant reservior?
Silver:
--- Quote from: iagree on June 27, 2008, 11:27:41 AM ---hi Silver,
distilled water (battery water)?
this is the water for "Coolant" that some of you guys mentioned in "Coolant" thread?
regards.
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actually distilled water is used to top-up battery and so it is usually called battery water
however, in other thread, some prefer to use distilled water to also top up the radiator in the belief that it will not cause rusting
fyi, I had not topped up the water for the radiator/reservoir for almost 4 years for my previous car as the level had been near max for long time
lyh1280:
As long we use "pure" water, it shall do the job in the battery or radiator.. distilled water is a pure 100% water, without any other content inside, esp minerals.. the other water we can use is RO (=reverse osmosis) which is also 100% pure water, only difference is the method they use to get the pure water, distilled is by boiling the water and collect the water vapours back by cooling, RO is by using membrane to filter out those minerals.. sort of.. :)
So u can actually go to supermarket and buy Distilled or RO water, just make sure it is 100% pure, no other minerals added inside from the ingredients stated on the label.. of cos, easiest to get Battery water fr petrol kiosk, which is consider cheap also la, usually $1/bottle.
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