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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / October 2008Automotive Water
I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just use tap water when one of my customers at the bar started yelling at me. He said I must use automotive water, and nothing else. He was a mechanic before he retired so I know he knows all about cars. I went to 3 auto parts stores, walmart, ace hardware, and target. No one sells it. Where do I get it? The Bar Keeper >I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Out of the tap! Tap water >I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper On Oct 2, 5:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Might be better to use distilled or demineralized water but I've never heard of either being called automotive water. On Oct 2, 5:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper You got to start cutting them off sooner. I think they have had one too many. There is no such thing as automotive water, although if someone gets the idea, they will be selling it next week on TV as a dehydrated and all you need do is to add water. In some areas the local tap water may be bad enough that you really should use de-mineralized or distilled water, but in most areas it is not important. > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Your customer is behind the times. Big box has already had their suppliers blend the expensive automotive water into the antifreeze for your convenience. It saves so much trouble for you and you get to buy 50/50 mix at the same price as that complicated to use 100% antifreeze... If you still want to use the complicated 100% antifreeze you can buy it at real stores but big box is your friend and you should just buy the premixed stuff.. > barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > at real stores but big box is your friend and you should just buy the > premixed stuff.. OK, I hate to inject seriousness in an otherwise silly thread, but I never understood the premix thing. How the heck are you supposed to end up with a 50/50 mix in there after a flush if you're pouring 50/50 mix into a system that is basically empty but has pure water trapped in all the low spots - and quite a bit of it, unless you're the type that pulls the block drains? I always thought that the correct way to do it was as follows: after chemically flushing, flush with clean water until water in engine appears clean. Drain. Close all plugs, petcocks, etc. Look in shop manual, find cooling system capacity. Fill radiator with half that quantity of coolant. Top off with water, drive car for a couple days, check specific gravity of coolant in radiator to make sure you got it right and fill as necessary. nate > > barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > > > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Seems a bit anal. The object is to arrive at a coolant mix that will keep it from freezing, somewhere around 50 per cent will do it in most areas. Of course the antifreeze does also come with additives to help keep the system cleean and corosion free. Exact 50 percent is not that important. Harry K In article <10647c91-c0ac-4275-aec0-8485958ae958 @p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, njnagel@hotmail.com (N8N) says... > I always thought that the correct way to do it was as follows: after > chemically flushing, flush with clean water until water in engine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > check specific gravity of coolant in radiator to make sure you got it > right and fill as necessary. Pretty much, though there's no problem with guessing. Pour a little of one and then a little of the other. You can buy a cheap hydrometer for less than $5 that will let you fine tune the result. I keep a jug of distilled water around for topping off batteries. If the tap water leaves a calcium shell in the coffee maker, don't use it in the radiator.  SignatureFor email, replace firstnamelastinitial with my first name and last initial. >I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to >it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >to 3 auto parts stores, walmart, ace hardware, and target. No one >sells it. Where do I get it? From the tap. > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Idiot. This is how you get automotive water: Tie a clear plastic bag over your head, using a bungee cord around the neck. Make sure your cell phone is in there with your head. Drive to the nearest lake or river, and drive into the water. The technical term for this is "plunging." Plunging into water is easier if you have a bridge available, but with sufficient speed the bridge is not necessary. Open one window slightly to allow the car to completely fill with water and sink to the bottom. Then call 911 using your cell phone. Wait for the tow truck, while breathing the air in the head bag. Oh, make sure you roll up the window. Now, when you're towed out, the car will be full of water. Save all that water in plastic bottles! That is automotive water, and it is the *only* water safe for use in your radiator and battery. Don't they teach kids any mechanical skills at all these days? Sheesh. Helpless. > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper You'll find it next to the sky hooks and the henway lubricants. SignatureBlattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8 On Oct 2, 1:25 pm, Blattus Slafaly <boobooililili...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8 What's a henway? Oh, about 8 pounds. > > You'll find it next to the sky hooks and the henway lubricants. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Oh, about 8 pounds. well then whats a segway? >>> You'll find it next to the sky hooks and the henway lubricants. >>> -- [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > well then whats a segway? I don't know, but we're making headway. > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Your best bet is to top off your coolant with DHMO or Hydric acid. The pure distilled liquid form can be obtained from any drug store and is completely safe to use if you practice good sense when handling it. DHMO makes up half the coolant in vehicles that are powered by internal combustion engines and is a ubiquitous chemical throughout the world and our manufacturers could not operate without the substance. Here is a link to more information on the chemical: http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html Be safe. [8~{} Uncle Monster >> I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to >> it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html Sounds like some good sh.t to bring to a water balloon fight. > Be safe. > > [8~{} Uncle Monster On Oct 2, 5:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper probably means distilled water, but in fact that's not important for cooling systems, it was sold for batteries. back when your batteries would get thirsty. barkeeper@unlisted.com wrote in news:1d59e417gom3agukmljteq2nbj7h5dcdkq@ 4ax.com: > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Same place you get air for your tires. You are aware what if you have say a German car you must use German air for proper inflation & wear. Japanese cars require Japanese air. Don't fall for that generic Nitrogen air crap. You see, different countries have different measurement systems. If you fill it with US air, the gauge will read correct but since it is measuring foreign air they will be improperly inflated. This causes the tires to improperly wear and prematurely fail inspection. > ... so I know he knows all about cars. ...so what did he say when you asked him were to get it? > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Hi, You could just buy premixed ready to pour antifreeze. On Oct 2, 2:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to > it. It says mix 50% antifreeze with 50% water. I was going to just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > The Bar Keeper Did he send you after some headlight fluid too? Muffler bearings? 3 feet of automotive filopian tubing? A can of ring and valve? I think your customer either sent you on a wild goose chase or is a wetbrained idiot. Ben > On Oct 2, 2:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: >> I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > wetbrained idiot. > Ben All the above may be true but you should use distilled water. Al In article <b4d026a7-9328-47d1-bb3f-e4120c4384a4@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, > On Oct 2, 2:40 am, barkee...@unlisted.com wrote: > > I got some antifreeze for my car and need to add automotive water to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > wetbrained idiot. > Ben Gosh, Ben, I'd say falling for a troll that weak makes *you* the wetbrained idiot. > Gosh, Ben, I'd say falling for a troll that weak makes *you* the > wetbrained idiot. Could be.. I was just dying to type 'headlight fluid' |
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