Date:         Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:54:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coolant
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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Where I work we make de-ionized water for our products. It does a number
on Stainless steel pipe. Especially when heated.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Alistair Bell
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Coolant

This entire thread on water has been hashed over before on this list.

see archives :)

The "hungry water" theory below doesn't stand much scrutiny, think
about it.

Alistair

'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 13-Feb-05, at 9:24 AM, Ken Lewis wrote:

> Found this on the internet, FWIW.
>
> " Distilled or deionized water is very aggressive Water "wants" to
> contain
> minerals and distilled water will attack cast iron and aluminum far
> more
> aggressively than mildly hard tap water. "
>
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>