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Date:         Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:10:38 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Head (gasket) fix
Comments: To: ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@MCS.NET>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <2.2.32.19980331081551.875d646c@popmail.mcs.net>
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> > > > THE PROBLEM IS THE WATER THAT IS USED WITH THE ANTI-FREEZE > >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > >My Vanagon is proof of this. I did just this, put 70,000 miles > >on the gasket job and not one problem. Never bothered with the > >anti-freeze after that. > > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > > So - do we use distilled water, or softened water, or what? What is the > source of your water? > > Chuck Kuecker > Pure H20 and anti-freeze is the best. Prestone is now selling water for cooling systems. It is 99.9 % H2O. You can use any anti-freeze you want, but make sure you use pure H2O with it.

If you do you will not have a problem again. ERic


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