change coolant

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by swidd

Is there any horrible consequences to running 100% coolant fluid, and not mix it with distilled water?

Yes there are. For one thing, antifreeze will leak in places where plain water wont. The higher the concentration of antifreez, the more likely you could have a leak somwhere.

BTW, I don't know of any dealer or independant garage that actally uses distilled water when replacing antifreez so, the earth will still be in it's orbit if you use clean, plain tap water.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by RedRide

Yes there are. For one thing, antifreeze will leak in places where plain water wont. The higher the concentration of antifreez, the more likely you could have a leak somwhere.

BTW, I don't know of any dealer or independant garage that actally uses distilled water when replacing antifreez so, the earth will still be in it's orbit if you use clean, plain tap water.

[raises hand]

Uses distilled water, even Culligan's filtered water at times, but getting away from mixing full strength antifreeze and using only premixed now because it's easier.