You really should use water. The coolant (permanant type anti-freeze ethylene-glycol based) NEEDS to be mixed with soft water to create a 50/50 mix UNLESS you already bought the diluted, ready to add stuff. Any of the nationaly branded anti-freeze is OK, just make sure it says "safe for aluminum". Stick with the green stuff if you can get it. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe Dalton" <joe.dalton@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Using the wrong kind of coolant may ruin your engine. > > I recall an incident with my Citroen CX 2200 back in the > late 70's. > > Aluminum parts of the cooling system were totally eaten > by aggressive coolant. > > Aluminum is also very sensitive when water is used. > > Since there is a lot of aluminum in the D's cooling > system, I only use the correct type of coolant, no > water! > > > > Welmoed. > [moderator snip] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/