just wondering/?

 

Yes..coolant is a stabilizer which keeps water from boiling and or freezing

 

for coolant, water does a great job. but use distilled water and probably some Water Wetter. "coolant/antifreeze" is better for lowering the freezing point so I wouldn't do that if you live somewhere cold.

 

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It will freeze at a higher temperature. In theory, it should work better than 50/50 with anti-freeze, but it would even better still with some water wetter.

 

freeze at high tempature???

 

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it will boil up much faster and cool down slow as d-series.

and it will give you overheating problem doing long drive

 

Pure water is an excellent coolant in terms of heat transfer. However, for the vast majority of people, it's a good idea to run a water/coolant mixture. Commercial "anti-freeze" lowers the temperature at which the mixture will freeze in the winter, and also raises the temperature at which the mixture will boil. The (Honda-recommended) coolant's additives will also help to keep the cooling system "healthy".

 

having anti-freeze/ coolant instead of water is extremely important no matter where you are. Coolant has special anti rust inhibitors so that your radiator doesnt rust or corrode. Coolant also serves as a water pump lubricant. Definitely dont cheap out and just run water.

Be smart and use green coolant/ethelyn glycol.

 

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Be smart and use green coolant/ethelyn glycol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Be smart and use green coolant/ethelyn glycol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, anti corrosion is very important

 

Plz Read noobs.


Cars operate in a wide variety of temperatures, from well below freezing to well over 100 F (38 C). So whatever fluid is used to cool the engine has to have a very low freezing point, a high boiling point, and it has to have the capacity to hold a lot of heat.

Water is one of the most effective fluids for holding heat, but water freezes at too high a temperature to be used in car engines. The fluid that most cars use is a mixture of water and ethylene glycol (C2H6O2), also known as antifreeze. By adding ethylene glycol to water, the boiling and freezing points are improved significantly.

The temperature of the coolant can sometimes reach 250 to 275 F (121 to 135 C). Even with ethylene glycol added, these temperatures would boil the coolant, so something additional must be done to raise its boiling point.

The cooling system uses pressure to further raise the boiling point of the coolant. Just as the boiling temperature of water is higher in a pressure cooker, the boiling temperature of coolant is higher if you pressurize the system. Most cars have a pressure limit of 14 to 15 pounds per square inch (psi), which raises the boiling point another 45 F (25 C) so the coolant can withstand the high temperatures.

Antifreeze also contains additives to resist corrosion.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cooling-system3.htm &lt;--- Cited from.