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The only Benifitt I see to using Car Coolant is using it with a water chiller cooling water below freezing temps.
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The only Benifitt I see to using Car Coolant is using it with a water chiller cooling water below freezing temps.



There's also the matter of maintenance. Coolants with a higher glycol ratio generally require less maintenance, unless you do something really stupid in the mixing of fluids and cause your blocks to gunk up. Generally with higher concentrations of glycol fluids it will lead to less fluid loss in a custom cooling loop.
    
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distilled + kill coil

why is this even a discussion?
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there are alot of good points here but it needs to be pointed out that car anti freeze was used for a long time at the beginnings of water cooling most useful then because they did mix metals and car antifreeze is designed with some heavy corrosion inhibitors. if you dilute it it would be fine.

but i would recommend using plain old distilled water and some biocide, will end up being cheaper in the long run
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distilled + kill coil

why is this even a discussion?



Lots of reasons. Some people have fairly large loops, and don't like leaving the job of a biocide to a small metal object. As previously stated car coolant has a crap load of corrosion inhibitors. It is also capable of below freezing temperatures, assuming it has antifreeze. It's also in of itself a biocide. It's a fairly cheap alternative for some situations. Unfortunately due to it's decreased thermal transfer rate it isn't suitable for anything other than freezing temps tongue.gif


Personally I prefer distilled water + mayhems biocide extreme. Then I have an anti corrosive, an anti microbial, an anti scaling agent, and a PH balance all in one, plus I don't trust the safety of my system to a small silver chunk tongue.gif
    
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I ran automotive coolant with no problems. Then again it wasn't some build that was supposed to look good, and I was always moving it around. The tubing did indeed become cloudy, but that's not something I cared about. This was also more than 10 years ago and there was hardly any water cooling stuff out then.
 
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distilled + kill coil

why is this even a discussion?

probably because this thread started 5 years ago.

But some of us do things differently my main reason is the manufacturer's recommendations for life of coolant.
I change my ultra long life 5 year car coolant every time I upgrade my computer every 3-4 years because I am lazy.
other pc based coolant is a few weeks to 1 year before recommended changing.
How often do you change your distilled water + kill coil?

some of us are that paranoid they even change tubing out every few months as a precaution.
I kind of hope for a leak so I have the perfect excuse for an upgrade tongue.gif
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