Date:         Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:28:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Remco deJong <remco@DS5500.CEMR.WVU.EDU>
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From:         Remco deJong <remco@DS5500.CEMR.WVU.EDU>
Organization: West Virginia University
Subject:      Re: Water for anti-freeze!
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Curtis Long wrote:

> In a message dated 97-10-06 23:29:01 EDT, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes:
>
> <<   I was in Kmart, tonight and in the automotive section
>     they were selling Water! Yes,, prestone had 99.9%
>     pure water for sale, to use in your cooling system. Now I wander
>     why??????    Forget the expensive phosfate free anti-frezee
>     stuff. It's the water!
>
>              Eric                   86-VW4x4 >>
>
> Better not forget to add your phosphate free anti-freeze to that
> water!!!!
>
> By the way, has anyone figured out if VW's Autobahn brand has any
> "magic"
> component or not???
>
> Curt Long,  Maple Valley, WA
> 87 GL Syncro Westy

 From seomewhere I read that the phosphates combine with hard components
in the water to form blockages.  If you use distilled water or that pure
stuff from K-mart, then you can use any type of aluminum engine coolant.

Remco