If you always use distilled water in a steam iron, you won't have the buildup of deposits that clog the orifices. Most tap water will render them useless in a fairly short time. Mike
Mike wrote: > Distilled water has no minerals in it. Because it's 'wants' to have > minerals in it, it 'takes' minerals from where ever it can get them; that'd > be the inside of your cooling system. This is a form of corrosion and eats > away at any thing that it can get it's greedy little claws into. I believe > that it has been proven to accelerate the breakdown of your engine's case > and heads, gaskets, radiator, heater cores, etc. > Anyone else familiar with this issue? > > Mike B. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:12 PM > Subject: Re: distilled water for coolant - was New Car Dealers And Parts > Prices-a service advisors > > >> At 1/30/2008 05:28 PM, Allan Streib wrote: >>> On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Vdub Guy wrote: >>> >>>> I plan to flush my coolant system soon and replace it with VW blue >>>> coolant and distilled water. >>> >>> why distilled? Is that what VW calls for? Or is your local water >>> really extremely hard? >>> >>> Allan >> >> Distilled water is a known, tap water, who knows? I always use >> distilled when mixing up coolant. >> >> >> >> Rob >> becida@comcast.net >> > |
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