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Distilled, Drinking, or Deionized?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadow Grey 03" data-source="post: 11277366" data-attributes="member: 65953"><p>The normal tap water by itself will still corrode the internals, whether it's copper or something else. It's just that per unit volume of water, the DI and distilled water will need more ions from the material it's in contact with to get to an equilibrium. That is why they are considered more corrosive than the tap water. This also depends on what is in your tap water. The minerals that could possibly be present in the tap water could however lead to a more corrosive nature when in the presence of the various metals in the radiator. Let's muddy it up even more <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>The salt in the water from a softener will give you some rust in the water from the iron block as well. I personally wouldn't run straight water in anything for those reasons. Obviously it will take time for these things to happen since it's not highly corrosive liquids that we are dealing with. </p><p>I have never done a real world comparison of the different waters in this type of case, so I can't site anything other than the theoretical knowledge that I have. </p><p>One more thought. Have you seen an older vehicle with "muddy" looking coolant? That's just the corrosion from various sources, i.e. the block, heads, radiator, whatever. It just takes awhile for it to get that bad. </p><p>Here is a decent read, I know it's Wikipedia but it get's the point across, </p><p>[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze]Antifreeze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame].</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadow Grey 03, post: 11277366, member: 65953"] The normal tap water by itself will still corrode the internals, whether it's copper or something else. It's just that per unit volume of water, the DI and distilled water will need more ions from the material it's in contact with to get to an equilibrium. That is why they are considered more corrosive than the tap water. This also depends on what is in your tap water. The minerals that could possibly be present in the tap water could however lead to a more corrosive nature when in the presence of the various metals in the radiator. Let's muddy it up even more :) The salt in the water from a softener will give you some rust in the water from the iron block as well. I personally wouldn't run straight water in anything for those reasons. Obviously it will take time for these things to happen since it's not highly corrosive liquids that we are dealing with. I have never done a real world comparison of the different waters in this type of case, so I can't site anything other than the theoretical knowledge that I have. One more thought. Have you seen an older vehicle with "muddy" looking coolant? That's just the corrosion from various sources, i.e. the block, heads, radiator, whatever. It just takes awhile for it to get that bad. Here is a decent read, I know it's Wikipedia but it get's the point across, [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze]Antifreeze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]. [/QUOTE]
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