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Old 11-20-2006, 07:53 PM
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Default HOw much G12 coolant do i need to buy to do a flush?

I think I need about a gallon which i will dilute with 1:1 water. Is this correct?

On a similar note. I traced the pink guk to where the coolant tube meets the reservoir. Anyone konw if i can just seal it up with RTV for a while?
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1 gallon G12, 1 gallon DISTILLED water.
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excellent! Thanks!
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Even better, de-ionized water! (wink)
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Even morer bettererer........ HOLY water! ;-)
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Ha ha, now you're DEFINATELY going to Hell.
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eh, DI water is highly corresive. maybe it would work with a g12 mix, who knows.
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Default I put Heavy water in my cooling system.

straight from the reactor.
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Keeps the core from killing your nads, lol.
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Default Water is corrosive when pure, as an oxidizer. More so w/ions, worse w/ionized salts.I think salts in

antifreeze displace salts and ions in the water solution from the metal. Probally de-ionized water has such a low percentage of ions compared to distilled, it's just insanity to worry about it. Once the ionized salts in the water are gone throughh distillation, game over. I seriously doubt de-ionized water oxidizes more rapidly. The ionized H2O molecules would probally be the first to oxidize. I could be wrong, I'm not a scientist nor chemist, but a lowly Junkie. (capitalized)


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