Well I bought a gallon of dexcool 50/50 then ran out and topped it off with Nestle Pure Life water lmao driving around temp stays at 184* when I park it won't go over 194*...guess it cant be that bad right? Lol

 

Its not a temp thing, its a **** in the water contaminating and dirty'ing up your cooling system thing

 

Ahh **** I see!

 

Now you and the mad scientist have to rip apart the block and replace those piston rings you fried...

Oh wait, wrong thread.


You should be ok, but I would probably flush the whole system.... but thats just me. I can be excessive sometimes lol.

 

I agree. I would prolly do the same to be safe.

 

Yep will do thanks for all the input guys.

So flush, refill with dexcool ONLY. Correct?

 

50/50 mixed dexcool. If you have to mix it yourself, make sure you dont use tap water again lol

 

The tap water has elements in it that will cause a build up over time and it's not good for the system if that helps explain more. It's almost like a build up in your shower from your water over time except in your engine

 

Yep, understand. Will flush and refill sometime next week!

 

How much tap water was used anyways?

 

well since this thread is about radiators what do you guys think about pouring radiator sealant into the radiator?

 

Half gallon if that?

 

I will slap you

 

lol^^^

i guess i need to do a radiator flush.
my car stays around 199-205, but at the track last week it was at 220!!!

 

Ouch thsts not good

 

mine stays around 192 normal but at wot it can go up to around 215

 

My car driving around even wot wont ever go past 194 lol.

 

That's how mine is too now. It almost never goes over 190 unless sitting in traffic, and then never over 195-196. It will actually go into the 170's on decel lol. Ill bet GM used a mixture with more coolant then water..

 

I would really reconsider draining and flushing your whole system over < 1/2gal of tap water....

 

Yeah same here nick. And Sponge, im gonna flush everything sometime next week

 

when the system is a lil over a gallon, half a gallon of tap water is a big deal lol..

 

Good point, I didn't know we were that low volume.

 

Well I used a full gallon of dexcool.. and topped it off with water, not too sure how much cause I didbt think it was a problem lol. Will flush soon!

 

check it with a refractometer after its mixed with water

 

if u wanna do it CORRECT like the way a mechanic will do it so that there are no air pockets in ur coolant u will have a funnel so that u can see the air pockets causing bubbles and once they stop u r done. but hey. since all of u guys no how to do it then go ahead. its not gonna cause any big problems but id rather do it perfectly then fine...