Ours looks just fine.   :-)
  I don't claim its free of bacteria or mold spores, but there are
essentially zero minerals since it's distilled out of the air.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Dehumidifier water can be quite dirty.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Larry Alofs
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:12 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Coolant Draining
>
> If you mix your own, water from a dehumidifier is a good thing.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Not the best of ideas. You will have an unknown quantity of water
> > remaining and it will take some effort to get the coolant to water
> > ratio right. Today's coolants last so long and the system tends to
> > require service of some sort frequently enough that not getting it all
> > out is not a problem.
> > What is important is to use distilled or otherwise mineral free water.
> > For ease I just use the pre-mixed coolants now.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of Dan N
> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 7:44 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Coolant Draining
> >
> > To purge the coolant in the engine I would fill the whole system with
> > plain water, run it a few minutes then flush it again...
> >
> > now you have a clean system ready to be filled with antifreeze...
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 4:34 PM, John Goubeaux <john@ucsb.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Does someone know how much coolant stays in the engine IF one does
> > > NOT pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant
> replace ?
> > >
> > > I'm curious as I replaced the long coolant pipes and most of the big
> > > hoses/ heater hoses as well , so pretty much all the coolant drained
> > > out , save for what's in the engine, wondering IF it is worth
> > > getting every last drop out ?
> > >
> > > Thanks  ..
> > >
> > > -john
> > >
> >
>