I'm glad to hear that, Stan. I guess that only filtered water will not be so
bad after all. But in the future I think I will use distilled.

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Reverse osmosis water is NOT ideal

> Willian said: Had I known that distilled water was ideal for coolant for
> my vanagon I
> would have used distilled water but I suppose just filtered water will
> not
> be that bad.
> --------------------------
> Stan Said: You can't reverse the process that has started in your engine.
> Then the real question: Do you really think that the type of water mixed
> with your anti freeze really causes all those problems, water pump
> failure, heads leaking, plastic fittings failing etc. ?
> I've been running outboard boat engines with aluminum blocks for forty
> years and run of the mill lake water has never caused one of them to
> fail.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:24:11 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> writes:
> > Reverse osmosis is an absolute joke. It totally wastes 3 gallons of
> > water
> > for every one gallon of only second rate purified water (not
> > distilled) and
> > the waste of water is immoral. Yet the R/O sales force has convinced
> > the
> > buyer that this is a viable alternative. One day R/O water will be
> > illegal
> > when ordinary water will be a premium and wasting 3 gallons down the
> > drain
> > will not be allowed. People with R/O systems do not even recycle the
> > wasted
> > water into their garden or other uses.
> >
> > A distilled water system costs less in the long run. We have one in
> > our home
> > and it saves us way more than buying water from those vendor
> > machines.
> >
> > Had I known that distilled water was ideal for coolant for my
> > vanagon I
> > would have used distilled water but I suppose just filtered water
> > will not
> > be that bad.
> >
> > William Polowniak
> > 1989 Vanagon GL
> > 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John McLean" <jaymac@INTERNETCDS.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > << What is the rationale for distilled water. >>
> > > > >
> > > > > The cooling system requires deionized water.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, deionized H2O is offered by antifreeze manufacturers at
> > inflated
> > prices.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Distilled, deionized, and demineralized water will all work
> > about the
> > > > same for our purposes.  Water can be deionized or demineralized
> > with a
> > > > filter.  The ones I use to purify the water for my H. S.
> > chemistry
> > > > classes cost about $60 and are good for about 80
> > gallons.(Chicago water,
> > > > YMMV)  Less trouble than operating and cleaning a still.
> > Distilling is
> > > > better at removing organic impurities like benzene, gasoline,
> > etc. but
> > > > I'm mainly concerned about the calcium, magnesium, iron,
> > aluminum, etc.
> > > > compounds.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Around my area there are several stores large and small that have
> > RO
> > (reverse
> > > osmosis) dispensers out front that dispense
> > > pure water into your own containers for  .25 per gallon.  Is this
> > a west
> > coast
> > > phenomenon?
> > >
> > > John McLean   87  Vanagon  GL
> >
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