Coolant

Started by shane wescott, May 18, 2013, 01:12:11 PM

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Beatle

When overseas in some countries I drink bottled water because you can usually see daylight through it, unlike tap water.

Do NOT use bottled drinking water for your coolant (unless desperate).  Most have a high mineral content, if no Ebola.
Paul B
QLD

Past:
'79 GTV - Loyal 1st love
'76 GT - Track entry
'89 75TS - Saved
'76 Alfetta - Sacrificed
'83 GTV6 - NT bullet
'67 Duetto - Fun
'66 Super - Endearing
'92 164 - Stunning
'85 90 - Odd
'04 GT 3.2 Rosso/Tan - Glorious
'02 156 V6 Auto Rosso/Tan - Useful daily

MD

Alfa engines are so tough they can handle Ebola and E.Coli  ;D ;D

I once bought a Nissan P510 or better known as a Datsun 1600 for my son.The engine didn't run. The car came cheap and my son loves them so I got to work on the donk. After I pulled it apart, I could not believe what I had in front of me. Every water passage was chocked with mud. The engine basically failed the head gasket because it couldn't get any cooling. This was a country car and obviously the bird brain that had it before was using river water for coolant unaware of the silt content.

It took 5 bore oversizes to render the block of any use.
Transaxle Alfas Haul More Arse.

Current Fleet
Alfetta GTV6 3.0
Alfetta GTV Twin Spark supercharged racer
75 1.8L supercharged racer

Past Fleet
Alfa GT 3.2V6
Alfetta GTV 2.0
Giulia Super 2.0
Berlina 2.0