This "sucks the minerals out of your car" is the argument that comes
up every time. Prove it.
Distilled water is just water...

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  1/31/2008 03:27 AM, Mike wrote:
>  Distilled water has no minerals in it.  Because it's 'wants' to have
>minerals in it, it 'takes' minerals from where ever it can get them; that'd
>be the inside of your cooling system.  This is a form of corrosion and eats
>away at any thing that it can get it's greedy little claws into.  I believe
>that it has been proven to accelerate the breakdown of your engine's case
>and heads, gaskets, radiator, heater cores, etc.
>  Anyone else familiar with this issue?
>
>Mike B.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:12 PM
>Subject: Re: distilled water for coolant - was New Car Dealers And Parts
>Prices-a service advisors
>
>
>>At  1/30/2008 05:28 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
>>>On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Vdub Guy wrote:
>>>
>>>>I plan to flush my coolant system soon and replace it with VW blue
>>>>coolant and distilled water.
>>>
>>>why distilled?  Is that what VW calls for?  Or is your local water
>>>really extremely hard?
>>>
>>>Allan
>>
>>Distilled water is a known, tap water, who knows? I always use
>>distilled when mixing up coolant.
>>
>>
>>
>>Rob
>>becida@comcast.net