Tim R
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Five thousand, five hundred (5,500) miles ago we completely re-built the engine in our Series IV. When we put it back in the car we filled it with a 50/50 mix of bluecol anti-freeze and Distilled water.
This was something we had read about on the internet that claimed that it would prevent any corrosion and was good for old cars with aluminium cylinder heads and iron/steel elsewhere in the system. Distilled water is cheap and we couldn't see how it would do any harm so instead of mixing the bluecol anti-freeze with normal tap water as we had been doing for many years previously we followed the advice.
Today I decided to change the thermostat for a new one so I dropped out the coolant.
After 5,500 miles it looks like it is brand new and ready to go in (see photo)! The water is still clear and tinted blue and there is no evidence of corrosion in it at all. I was very surprised, normally it is brown and horrible after much less mileage than this. If you have never tried using distilled water and anti-freeze I thoroughly recommend it. I even dipped a corner of kitchen roll into the coolant and it comes up clear and blue!
Tim R
This was something we had read about on the internet that claimed that it would prevent any corrosion and was good for old cars with aluminium cylinder heads and iron/steel elsewhere in the system. Distilled water is cheap and we couldn't see how it would do any harm so instead of mixing the bluecol anti-freeze with normal tap water as we had been doing for many years previously we followed the advice.
Today I decided to change the thermostat for a new one so I dropped out the coolant.
After 5,500 miles it looks like it is brand new and ready to go in (see photo)! The water is still clear and tinted blue and there is no evidence of corrosion in it at all. I was very surprised, normally it is brown and horrible after much less mileage than this. If you have never tried using distilled water and anti-freeze I thoroughly recommend it. I even dipped a corner of kitchen roll into the coolant and it comes up clear and blue!
Tim R