[s-cars] Water Rather Than Coolant/Water

[Matt Molyneux]

That sounds good to me. My only concern was boiling over, as water has a
lower boiling point than antifreeze or a mixture of both. Since the trip
should be short, and I'll be doing it in the early morning, I think it'll be
fine. Thanks.

On 6/29/07, David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote:
>
> I concur.  A slightly safer approach would be to use distilled water but I
> doubt if it would really have any long term gains.
>
> David Kase
>
>
>
> Mark Strangways wrote:
>
> Unless your expecting a flash freeze, I think I would just top it up with
> tap water and then get the work done and flush the entire system.
>
> Mark
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> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:25 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Water Rather Than Coolant/Water
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>
>
> In regards to my earlier question about common coolant leaks, I'm about to
> drive the car to my mechanic to have him hopefully fix the leak, but I
> only
> have one bottle (1 gallon) of the blue VW/Audi coolant (G11, I believe) on
> hand. With most of the coolant that was in my car now in a puddle on the
> floor, would it be advisable to fill it with the remaining gallon and then
> top off the rest with distilled water? Under this scenario, I'm thinking
> there will be MUCH more water than coolant (like 3 or 4 to one ratio,
> depending on how much the S holds and how much is left in the system). I'm
> only driving it about 7 or 8 miles, and most will be on the highway, but I
> just want to be sure that it won't be damaged by running almost entirely
> on
> distilled water. Once at the shop I'll have it flushed and refilled with
> the
> proper 50-50 mix.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
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> 1995 UrS6
> MTM Stage 1+, EDU 6-speed
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Matt Molyneux
Washington, D.C.
1995 UrS6
MTM Stage 1+, EDU 6-speed