Radiators

Submitted: Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 16:26
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Hi Guys,
About to head off to the snow country for sum fun 4wdriving and wanted to flush the radiator out (its about that time anyway) refill it and put in anti-freeze concentrate. I have heard that only distilled water should be used and not regular tap water. Is this true?
Thanks in advance.
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Reply By: Steve from Top End Explorer Tours - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 16:34

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 16:34
Distilled water is better, this lessens the chance of corrosion.

Add 4 lts of a good concentrated anti freeze anti boil as well.

Can you use tap water? Yes! unless its water from Adelaide you wouldn't do anything with that. LOL

Cheers Steve.
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Follow Up By: CraigB - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 17:59

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 17:59
Thanks Steve,
Much appreciated.
I have access to Sydney water as well as rain water.
But for the reasonable price of distilled water and considering that my Cruiser is only 2 y.o I think I'll go with the distilled.
Thanks again.
Regards
Craig
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Reply By: Rock Ape - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 16:42

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 16:42
All alloy engines should use distilled water, most manufacturers will state this as they have no idea what the mineral content of your water is.

Alloy head/ cast iron block, why not used distilled water as it is not dear to buy.

Iron block/iron head, again distilled is cheap but hell, tap water is fine.

Good antifreeze/inhibitor, Afloc 2000 or Toyota longlife are great but they don't mix with the green glycol products.

If you stick with what the manufacture recommends, you can't go wrong.

All spelling/grammer mistakes in this post can be blamed on the Bunderburg distilling company.

The Ape
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Follow Up By: CraigB - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:00

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:00
Hi Ape,
Thanks for the info.
As suggested I think I'll go with the distilled water.
Regards
Craig
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Reply By: Graeme - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:45

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:45
CraigB
There are a couple of issues here.
1: Demineralised water is the only real choice. Sydney tap water contains
both high levels of Manganese, and elevated Iron as well. Considering
the cost of the demineralised water being so low, you should not really be
using anything else, particularly as you want to minimise the presence of
dissolved metal ions in the system.
2: The Landcruiser cooling system is set up for OAT [Organic Acid
Technology] coolants so using conventional chemical based coolants is not
advisable. The chemical interaction between the residual amount of coolant
after draining the system [about 1 litre] and any non OAT system causes
the alternate chemistry to be degraded prematurely, reducing the life
the corrosion inhibitors, particularly the Aluminium and Iron inhibitors.
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Follow Up By: CraigB - Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:56

Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 18:56
Hi Graeme,
Sounds as though you some expertise in this area!
I guess what you are suggesting is to only use OEM coolant/anti freeze?
Your advice is much appreciated.
Regards
Craig
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Reply By: Graeme - Tuesday, Jul 31, 2007 at 20:27

Tuesday, Jul 31, 2007 at 20:27
Craig,
Yes you should use the Toyota LLC at 50% in demineralised water.

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