Alan,
At least use an inhibitor, especialy if you have a mix of different
metals in you cooling system and you practically always have a mix of
aluminium/cast iron on the engine (waterpump, thermostat housing or
sometimes an aluminium cil. head), sometimes even a copper head gasket
and lead/tin/brass/steel on the radiator.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Alan Seigrist schreef:
> Kees -
>
> Many people use tap water to fill their radiators... this is what
> causes the scaling. Using distilled water, as you suggest, is the
> only way to go. I've only ever rodded the radiator on a car I've
> purchased from someone else. Once done, it runs cool and never clogs
> up again using distilled water.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl
> <mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl>> wrote:
>
> What beats me is that blocked radiators still happen and rodding
> or a new core is still neccesary. Appearantly many people still
> use water instead of a proper formulated coolant which will
> prevent scale largely. Once I installed a new core or radiator I
> never had to clean the cooling system anymore afterwards using a
> mix of destilled water and antifreeze/inhibitor or a ready to use
> good quality coolant.
> Also in my daily drivers I never had the problems, and most of
> them clock up well over 300.000 miles which is a lot in this country.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
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