Hey Veeky Forums, I know this is a highly debated topic sometimes but I want to know what I can do with the fluid in my radiator.
I live in Arizona and summer is coming around. My truck drives pretty hot in the summer, even now and it hasn't hit triple digits consistently.
Part of this is because my radiator is pretty rusty. So I'm going to be doing a flush tomorrow. Now I know the flush says to use distilled water, so that's what I'll be doing but what I was wondering about is after the fact.
Since it gets so fucking hot here I want to know if after these flushes if I can do a lower level of antifreeze/coolant, like a 70/30 water to coolant mix or something even lower than that because water (as I know) does the best job of cooling, at least better than a 50/50 mix. When it starts to get cooler, I can do another flush for something closer to 50/50
>might as well do 100% water until it cools off and drain half and add pure coolant
Nathan Torres
Yes, that's what I was thinking but I don't know if adding coolant (even jsut a little bit) can have benefits after the flush.
Like stabilizing the liquid so it doesn't temperature spike or heat up too quickly
Jose Cox
Don't do this.
A good flush will help tremendously, as will cleaning out the radiator fins if needed. Look up Chris Fix's radiator flush video. You can dilute the antifreeze more, I don't know specific ratios but a 70/30 should be fine for your local. Just remember antifreeze also keeps the water from rusting the shit out of your cooling system, it's not just to lower the freezing temp.
Mason Brooks
>antifreeze also keeps the water from rusting the shit out of your cooling system Water on its own doesn't cause corrosion, that's why he said distilled water. It has no ions, sediments, electrolytes or anything, it's pure water. On its own it can't cause oxidation
Charles Robinson
Water isn't necessarily better at dissipating heat. Coolant has very low surface tension which makes it flow better
Gavin Sullivan
Yeah, the fins have some mud on the back side by the fan so I'm gonna get in there with a soft brush and a hose to help clean those off.
I watched his radiator super flush video and that's what's got me inspired to do it.
Connor Jackson
Flow rate has almost nothing to do with cooling capacity. You either have enough or not.
You're an idiot and the list of reasons why is far too long for me to bother typing out this late at night.
Camden Wright
>list of reasons why is far too long for me to bother typing out this late at night I would actually like to see those reasons because anyone who took a high school or chem 101 class knows that distilled water on its own does not cause or accelerate corrosion
Grayson Rodriguez
The biggest one is that in Chem 101 you should have also learned that water is an incredibly effective albeit slow solvent and will gladly "pollute" itself with ions, sediments and electrolytes from anything around it. Like, you know, the metal inside your cooling system. Not to mention all the little shit you won't get out even with Chris' super flush.
